“Sustainable development”; in visual imagery: Rhetorical function in the Jeep Cherokee
1997; Routledge; Volume: 45; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01463379709370062
ISSN1746-4102
Autores Tópico(s)Climate Change Communication and Perception
ResumoThe United Nations discourse of sustainable development attempts to “balance”; development motives with environmental awareness. This “balancing act”; weighs “development”; motives more than “sustainable”; motives because it focuses on human protection and comfort. In this essay, I interpret the UN discourse of sustainable development as promoting protection and comfort human development themes. These themes are extremely visual. Using Foss's concept of rhetorical function in visual imagery, I argue that the images of nature and technology found in advertisements for the Jeep Cherokee, function as a visual metaphor for the UN discourse of sustainable development.
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