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Young Voices for Environmental Stewardship and Activism

A Rhetorical History

Av Laura McGrath

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This rhetorical history of discourses about young people and the environment highlights how American youth use their voices and energies to advocate for the natural world.Laura McGrath argues that both education – environmental, character, civic – and young people’s own contributions to conservation and activism efforts have played an equally important role in promoting youth environmental advocacy in the United States from the late 19th century through the present day. Examining rhetorical artifacts such as essays, artwork, speeches, and social media posts along with historical records of youth involvement in conservation efforts, McGrath identifies prevalent tropes and assumptions in arguments made by adults and demonstrates how young people have engaged with these narratives while exercising their own rhetorical agency.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-01-07
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
  • Vikt: 503 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 184
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781666948592
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Laura McGrath is Professor of English and Professional Writing at Kennesaw State University, USA.

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What accounts for the persuasive impact of young climate activists like Greta Thunberg? Laura McGrath identifies dimensions of "youth rhetorical power" in environmental discourse by tracing the historical evolution of environmental campaigns featuring young people going back to the turn of the 20th Century. From bird conservation groups to 4-H Clubs and Scouts to school-based education to grass-roots organization to popular culture creation and consumption, young people have served as both effective advocates and activated audiences. McGrath highlights a "rhetorical throughline" shared by Thunberg and her predecessors that includes findings that youth are both reachable and teachable, they have a unique ability to educate and persuade peers and parents, they are inheritors of the earth and thus are uniquely positioned as victims of environmental degradation, and they provide heroic role models for others. The book is a great example of the value of historical perspective as a way of understanding contemporary persuasive contexts.

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