Rhetorical functions of the infestation metaphor in Hitler's rhetoric
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal
- Vol. 34 (4) , 229-235
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10510978309368147
Abstract
After offering a metacritical commentary on the rhetorical and epistemological functions of metaphor, drawing on the work of Edwin Black and Susan Sontag, this essay examines Hitler's metaphorical characterizations of Jews as exogenous threats to the German national body.Keywords
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