Writing the Visual

Carol David And Anne R. Richards

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WRITING THE VISUAL: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION offers a variety of creative and theoretically based approaches to the development of visual literacy. The book's introduction and twelve chapters provide an array of pedagogical perspectives, exceptional field-tested assignments for students writing across the disciplines, and a strong bibliographic base from which readers might continue their exploration of visual studies. Presenting ideas both imaginative and practical for teachers and advanced students, WRITING THE VISUAL aims to expand our understanding of how visual and verbal elements contribute to a text's effectiveness. Extensively referencing key figures from ancient times to the present who have developed theories, described histories, and provided analyses of images, WRITING THE VISUAL responds to the growing desire for critical and creative engagement with visual language in composition and communication classrooms. - ABOUT THE EDITORS Carol David is Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Iowa State University, where she served as teacher and administrator of composition programs from 1960 until her retirement in 2001. Her research on writing, visuality, and technical communication has appeared in TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, and elsewhere. - Anne R. Richards is Assistant Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, where she blends critical and interdisciplinary approaches to the teaching of multimedia literacy and technical writing. Her research on scientific images, color on the World Wide Web, and multimedia sound has appeared or is forthcoming in TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY. - CONTRIBUTORS Contributors include Nancy Allen, Carol David, Jean Darcy, Jane Davis, Ryan Jerving, C. Richard King, Mark Mullen, L. J. Nicoletti, Alyssa O'Brien, Iraj Omidvar, Kristin Walker Pickering, Deborah Rard, Anne R. Richards, Yong-Kang Wei, and Barbara Worthington.

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• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 09 février 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781602350489
• Langue: English
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DAVID
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WRITING THE VISUAL
RICHARDS
Visual Rhetoric
Writing the Visual: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Composition and
Communication offers a variety of creative and theoretically based approaches to
the development of visual literacy. The book’s introduction and twelve chapters WRITING THE VISUAL
provide an array of pedagogical perspectives, exceptional field-tested assignments
for students writing across the disciplines, and a strong bibliographic base from A Practical Guide for Teachers of
which readers might continue their exploration of visual studies. Presenting ideas Composition and Communication
both imaginative and practical for teachers and advanced students, Writing the
Visual aims to expand our understanding of how visual and verbal elements con -
tribute to a text’s effectiveness. Extensively referencing key figures from ancient
times to the present who have developed theories, described histories, and pr - o
vided analyses of images, Writing the Visual responds to the growing desire for
critical and creative engagement with visual language in composition - and com
munication classrooms.
Carol David is Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Iowa State
University, where she served as teacher and administrator of composition pr - o
grams from 1960 until her retirement in 2001. Her research on writing, visu -
ality, and technical communication has appeared in Technical Communication
Quarterly, Journal of Business Communication, Journal of Business and Technical
Communication, and elsewhere.
Anne R. Richards is Assistant Professor of English at Kennesaw State University,
where she blends critical and interdisciplinary approaches to the teaching - of mul
timedia literacy and technical writing. Her research on scientific images, color on
the World Wide Web, and multimedia sound has appeared or is forthcoming in
Technical Communication Quarterly.
Contributors include Nancy Allen, Carol David, Jean Darcy, Jane Davis, Ryan
Jerving, C. Richard King, Mark Mullen, L. J. Nicoletti, Alyssa O’Brien, Iraj
Omidvar, Kristin Walker Pickering, Deborah Rard, Anne R. Richards, Yong-Kang
Wei, and Barbara Worthington.
EDITED BY CAROL DAVID & ANNE R. RICHARDS
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Acknowledgmen ts ix
1 Fields of Vision: A Background Study
of References for Teachers
Anne R. Richards and Carol David 3
2 Seeing Rhetoric 32
Nancy Allen
3 Mediated Memory: The Language
of Memorial Spaces 51
L. J. Nicoletti
4 Visual Rhetoric for Writing Teachers:
Using Documentaries to Develop
Student Awareness of Rhetorical Elements 70
Barbara Worthington and Deborah Rard
5 Envisioning Justice: Racial Metaphors,
Political Movements, and Critical Pedagogy 87
C. Richard King
6 Seeing the Unspeakable: Emmett Till
and American Terrori sm 105
Jane Davisvi Contents
7 A Study of Photographs of IrPaostn: colonial
Inquiry into the Limits of Visual Representation 124
Iraj Omidvar
8 Ethos on the Web: A Cross-Cultural Approach 146
Yong-Kang Wei
9 Visualizing Discovery: Christopher Columbus’s M1a68ps
Jean Darcy
10 Drawn to Multiple Sides: Making Arguments
Visible with Political Cartoons 183
Alyssa O’Brien
11 Thirteen Ways of Looking
at a Black-and-White Photograph 201
Ryan Jerving
12 Collapsing Floors and Disappearing Walls:
Teaching Visual and Cultural Intertexts
in Electronic Games 221
Mark Mullen
13 Revising for Activity Purposes:
Improving Document Design
for Reader-Oriented Activi ties 243
Kristin Walker Pickering
Contributor s 259
Index 263Illustrations
Chapter 1
Figure 1. Anh Thuy Dang at Red Top Mountain. 10
Figure 2. Self-portrait. Frances Benjamin Johnston. 1896. 14
Figure 3. (a) Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Thomas Gainsborough. 1727; (Lbau) ra
and Walter Rypstat. 1910; (c) Shannon and Ben. 2004. 21
Figure 4. Katie Jezghani’s response to an online discussion promp23t.
Chapter 2
Figure 1. Hair-cutting chart. A. L. Bancroft and Co. 1884. 38
Figure 2. Visual narrative of research and report writing pro42cess.
Figure 3. Workers at Southland Paper Mill consult organizational charts.
1943. 43
Figure 4. Iowa State Safety Council poster. 45
Chapter 3
Figure 1. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 2001. 54
Figure 2. Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 2000. 58
Figure 3. Memory Fence, Oklahoma City National Memorial. 2001. 62
Chapter 5
Figure 1. (a) A warrior on the cartouch Me f ap foror the Interior Travels
through America, Delineating the March of the Army. 1789; (b) The
landing of Columbus. 1893; (c) left to right: Poor Elk, Shout For, Eagle Shirt.
1899; (d) The siege of New Ulm, Minnesota. 1902; (e) The Love Call.
Frederick Remington. 1909; (fC) abins imitating the Indian teepee for
tourists along the highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky. 1940. 90
Chapter 6
Figure 1. (a) A rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from
Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville. 1943; (b) A railroad station. 1938; (c)
A drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn. 1938; (d) Negro man
entering movie theater by “Colored” entrance. 1939; (e) The Rex Theater for
colored people. 1937; Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee. 1939. 109
viiviii Illustrations
Chapter 7
Figure 1. Satire and humor after 9/11. 12 7
Figure 2. Iran is replete with artistic gems13. 0
Figure 3. Two photographs of “the Iranian woman.” 13 2
Figure 4. Photographs of the representation of women in Ir13an3.
Chapter 8
Figure 1. Red Lobster’s homepage. 15 8
Figure 2. Homepage of the Chinese Language Teachers’
Association. 159
Figure 3. The visually seductive Misty Slims lady15 . 9
Figure 4. Taiwan’s “World of Chinese Culture” websit16e.0
Chapter 9
Figure 1. Psalter map. c. 1250. 173
Figure 2. The Christopher Columbus Chart. c. 1 49017. 5
Figure 3. ThPe ortolano. 176
Chapter 10
Figure 1. Freedom Fries. Ann Telnaes. 2003. 188
Chapter 11
Figure 1. Margaret Bourke-White’s por