Routledge Handbook of Comparative World Rhetorics

The Routledge Handbook of Comparative World Rhetorics offers a broad and comprehensive understanding of comparative or world rhetoric from ancient times to the modern day. Bringing together an international team of established and emergent scholars this Handbook looks beyond Greco-Roman traditions in the study of rhetoric to provide an international cross-cultural study of communication practices around the globe. With dedicated sections covering theory and practice history pedagogy hybrids and the modern context this extensive collection will provide the reader with a solid understanding of: how comparative rhetoric evolvedhow it re-defines and expands the field of rhetorical studieswhat it contributes to our understanding of human communicationits implications for the advancement of related fields such as composition technology language studies and literacy.In a world where understanding how people communicate argue and persuade is as important as understanding their languages The Routledge Handbook of Comparative World Rhetorics is an essential resource for scholars and students of communication composition rhetoric cultural studies cultural rhetoric cross-cultural studies transnational studies translingual studies and languages.