{"product_id":"liturgy-of-change-rhetorics-of-the-civil-rights-mass-meeting-paperback","title":"Liturgy of Change: Rhetorics of the Civil Rights Mass Meeting - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Ellis Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal archival research invites new ways of understanding the rhetorics of the civil rights movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiturgy of Change\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Ellis Miller examines civil rights mass meetings as a transformative rhetorical, and religious, experience. Scholars of rhetoric have analyzed components of the civil rights movement, including sit ins, marches, and voter registration campaigns, as well as meeting speeches delivered by well-known figures. The mass meeting itself still is also a significant site in rhetorical studies. Miller's \"liturgy of change\" framework brings attention to the pattern of religious genres--song, prayer, and testimony--that structured the events, and the ways these genres created rhetorical opportunities for ordinary people to speak up and develop their activism. To recover and reconstruct these patterns, Miller analyzes archival audio recordings of mass meetings held in Greenville and Hattisburg, Mississippi; Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, Alabama; Savannah, Sumter, and Albany, Georgia; St. Augustine, Florida; and Danville, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis assistant professor of English at Mississippi State University. Her work appears in \u003ci\u003eCollege English, College Composition and Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRhetoric Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRhetoric \u0026amp; Public Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152506884231,"sku":"9781643363899","price":56.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4f86509021eaf6eb6fea368f1e8dcde4.webp?v=1733214935","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/liturgy-of-change-rhetorics-of-the-civil-rights-mass-meeting-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}