Rhetoric and Social Relations: Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation

Published by Berghahn Books 2021

Rhetoric and Social Relations

Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation

Edited by: Jon Abbink and Shauna LaTosky

Volume 8 in the series Studies in Rhetoric and Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209785

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About this book

This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in social life, and shows the heuristic and often explanatory value of the rhetorical perspective.

Author / Editor information

Jon Abbink is a research professor of Politics and Governance in Africa (Political Anthropology) at the African Studies Centre, Leiden University. Recent publications include The Anthropology of Elites (co-edited, Palgrave, 2012), Reconfiguring Ethiopia (co-edited, Routledge, 2013), a co-authored monograph, Suri Orature, on the Suri people (Köppe Verlag, 2014), and the edited volume The Environmental Crunch in Africa (Palgrave, 2018).

Shauna LaTosky teaches cultural anthropology at Thompson Rivers University. She published The Predicaments of Mursi (Mun) Women in Ethiopia’s Changing World (Köppe Verlag, 2013), and co-edited Writing in the Field (Lit Verlag, 2013).

Jon Abbink is a research professor of Politics and Governance in Africa (Political Anthropology) at the African Studies Centre, Leiden University. Recent publications include The Anthropology of Elites (co-edited, Palgrave, 2012), Reconfiguring Ethiopia (co-edited, Routledge, 2013), a co-authored monograph, Suri Orature, on the Suri people (Köppe Verlag, 2014), and the edited volume The Environmental Crunch in Africa (Palgrave, 2018).

Reviews

“It is a quite fascinating, accomplished, and innovative volume … The co-editors and contributors have put together a rich, multiperspectival, and often compelling exploration of the complex and consequential nexus of social relations and rhetoric.” • Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Jon Abbink and Shauna LaTosky Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Part I. Positioning
Introduction. Rhetoric in Social Relations Jon Abbink and Shauna LaTosky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Embodied Chiasmus: From Alienation to Participation Jamin Pelkey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Part II. Bonding
2. Kinship: Mother and Child of Rhetoric Jean Lydall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
3. What Do Kinship Terms Do? The Dual Life of Kinship Words in English-Written Hunter-Gatherers’ Ethnography Nurit Bird-David Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. The Rhetoric of Kinship: ‘Doing Kinship’ – Some Mambila Cases David Zeitlyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
5. Establishing Ethos: The Rhetorical Work of Bondfriendship Felix Girke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
6. The Rhetorics of Purging among the Mun (Mursi) of Southern Ethiopia Shauna LaTosky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
7. The Art of Playing Tuql: How to ‘Make’ Love in Egypt Steffen Strohmenger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
8. Enculturation as Rhetorical Practice Ivo Strecker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Part III. Contestation
9. Sweet Tongues: The Rhetoric of Politeness in Damascus Anke Reichenbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
10. Words and Images: A Cross-cultural View on Swearing as a Rhetorical Strategy in Social Relations Susan du Mesnil de Rochemont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
11. Flavouring the Nation: Th e Rhetoric of Nutrition Policies in Ethiopia Valentina Peveri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
12. Power Relations in Suri: Rhetoric in Public Speech and Action Jon Abbink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
13. Inducement to Action and Change in Attitude: Coaching in the Light of Rhetorical Anthropology Michał Mokrzan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335