Document Type
Editorial
Abstract
[First paragraph]
This special issue's emphasis on the "rhetorics of place" is a claim that our physical places are shaped and understood through the "public sphere" by the various "communities of meaning" competing for attention, and, in which "public opinion is formed and policy decisions are made (Sanchez-Casal and Macdonald, 10-14; Strickland,165; also see Arendt; Borradori; Calhoun; Escobar; Fraser; Glissant; Habermas).
Repository Citation
Benton, Michael. "Rhetorics of Place: The Importance of Public Spaces and Public Spheres." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 5, no. 3, 2025, pp. 1–7. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol5/iss3/1
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