Request for Proposals: new book series, Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
Lexington Books, a division of Roman and Littlefield Publishers, welcomes proposals for a series, Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric. Proposals should emphasize thought-provoking and accessible explorations in the uses of language and media from the middle of the twentieth century to the present. Subjects for these book-length projects may be varied, including but not limited to the suasory uses of national security rhetoric, political controversies and their uses, rhetorics of municipal leadership, etiquettes of communication in the digital age, news and entertainment as rhetorical forms, and altered patterns of address in computer mediated discourse. Send queries or requests for proposal guidelines to Gary C. Woodward, Series Editor, at the Department of Communication Studies, The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, New Jersey, 08628-0718, woodward@tcnj.edu or Nicolette Amstutz (namstutz@rowman.com) Assistant Acquisitions Editor, Lexington Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706.
THE SERIES: Available at orders@rowman.com
The Rhetorical Invention of America’s National Security State
Marouf Hasian Jr., Sean Lawson, and Maghan McFarlane
Rhetoric of Femininity: Female Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict
Donnalyn Pompper
U.S. Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall
Edited by Roger C. Aden
World War I, Mass Death, and the birth of the Modern Soldier: a Rhetorical History
David W. Seitz
Rethinking Communication in Social Business
Graig E. Mattson
Rhetorics Haunting the National Mall
Edited by Roger C. Aden
FORTHCOMING:
Money-Making Change Policy: the Civic Consequences of Corporate Rhetorics of Social Responsibility
Baseball and the Rhetoric of Disappointment
Billionaires, Bodycams, and Bureaucrats: The Corruption of Ethos in Fortress America