Poroi December 2008

The December 2008 Issue of Poroi: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention has now been published online. It is available by visiting the journal website here.

The articles in the issue reflect from an explicitly, indeed insistently, rhetorical perspective on our recent national election.

John Nelson discusses the realist style in politics and its contemporary appearances and permutations.

John Louis Lucaites and Robert Hariman consider the visual rhetorics that are so prominent in current forms of political communication.

Cara Finnegan discusses the evidentiary power of visual rhetorics.

Brett Ommen analyzes the indexical nature of visual images.

The articles in the issue are profusely illustrated.

We hope you enjoy Poroi and welcome your comments and submissions.