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020			_a0275980197 _qalk. paper
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035			_a(OCoLC)51222208
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050	0	0	_aP302 _b.B86 2003
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100	1		_aBrummett, Barry, _d1951- _eauthor. _9417808
245	1	4	_aThe world and how we describe it : _brhetorics of reality, representation, simulation / _cBarry Brummett.
264		1	_aWestport, Conn. : _bPraeger, _c2003.
300			_axii, 154 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-151) and index.
505	0	0	_tReality, Representation, Simulation -- _tA Construction Project: Why the Key Terms Converge -- _tReality, Representation, and Simulation in Structures of Experience -- _tReality, Representation, and Simulation in Lived Experience -- _tA Rhetoric of Reality in the Novels of William Gibson -- _tA Rhetoric of Representation in rec.motorcycles -- _tThe Simulational Self in Groundhog Day.
520	1		_a"Brummett explores the ways people use three key terms--reality, representation, and simulation--as rhetorical devices with political and social effect. People write and speak as if there were such things as reality, representation, and simulation. People treat the terms as if they were clearly referential and as if those referents were clearly distinct. But what kind of political, social work do people do when they write and speak in those terms? What kind of claim is being made, or accusation leveled when such a term is used? How do the dimensions and parameters of meaning facilitated by each term work in the management and distribution of power?" "These are questions of rhetoric, the manipulation of signs and symbols for influence and effect. Brummett illustrates the rhetoric of reality in a critical analysis of William Gibson's science fiction novels. The rhetoric of representation is shown in discusions on the usenet group rec.motorcycles. The rhetoric of simulation is explained through the film Groundhog Day. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with rhetoric and popular culture, media, communication, and technology, and the literature of science and science fiction."--BOOK JACKET.
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650		0	_aRhetoric _9323409
650		0	_aSemantics. _9323818
650		0	_aLanguage and culture _9319864
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