Unruly Rhetorics

Unruly Rhetorics: Protest, Persuasion, and Publics, 1st Edition, is an anthology examining the conditions for activism, political protest, and public assembly. The volume gathers essays from scholars across rhetoric, communication, and writing studies to consider disruptive action in democratic life.

The collection examines unruliness across both historical and twenty-first-century social-justice movements. Contributors analyze circumstances where civil discourse fails to redress suffering or injustice, evaluating how disruptive tactics challenge barriers to public participation.

Drawing on both speech and composition areas of rhetoric, the book concludes with an afterword highlighting the ethical, political, and pedagogical questions raised by unruly rhetorics.