Couture, Barbara, editorWojahn, Patti, editorUtah State University Press, publisher2016-05-252016-05-252016http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172917Includes bibliographical references and index.A timely rhetorical exploration of divisionary bounds that divide an Us from a Them. To see anew the many lines that unite, divide, and define us, the essays highlight how discourse at borders and boundaries can create or thwart conditions for establishing identity and admitting difference.--Provided by publisher.Democratic discourse and lines across America / Barbara Couture and Patti Wojahn -- Metonymic borders and our sense of nation / Victor Villanueva -- Continuity and contact in a cosmopolitan world: code-switching and its effects on community identity / Christopher Schroeder -- Humor's role in political discourse: examining border patrol in "Colbert nation" / Jonathan P. Rossing -- Employing ethos to cross the borders of difference: teaching civil discourse / Karen P. Peirce -- Crossing linguistic borders in the classroom: moving beyond English-only to tap rich linguistic resources / Anita C. Hernández, José A. Montelongo, and Roberta J. Herter -- Traversing rhetorical borders of spirituality in an academic setting / Susan A. Schiller -- Difference as rhetorical stance: developing meaningful interactions and identification across racial and ethnic lines / Monica Torres and Kathryn Valentine -- "I am the 99 percent": identification and division in the rhetorics of the Occupy Wall Street protests / Randolph Cauthen -- American rhetorics of disappearance: translocal feminist problem-solving rhetorics / Tricia C. Serviss -- "A melting pot that's constantly being stirred": rhetorics of race and tolerance at a regional museum / Cori Brewster -- De pie sobre la valla y mirando por la ventana: border realities of the immigrant experience / Vanessa Cozza -- Fostering inclusive dialogue in emergent university-community partnerships: setting the stage for intercultural inquiry / Elenore Long, Jennifer Clifton, Andrea Alden, and Judy Holiday -- Rhetorical education at the city's edge: the challenge of public rhetoric in suburban America / Robert Brooke -- In sum and review: the rhetoric of lines across us / Barbara Couture and Patti Wojahn.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Communication in politics -- United StatesRhetoric -- Political aspects -- United StatesRhetoric -- Social aspects -- United StatesDemocracy -- United StatesTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.