subject: The Study of Chinese Rhetoric [print this page] Let me say a word more on the last pointLet me say a word more on the last point. To respond to the underlying assumptions associated with the "where" question, we use locally motivated rhetorical and linguistic categories to describe the where's of Chinese rhetoric, and we further put them in dialogue with, rather than holding them up to, what's of Western rhetoric. As we openly identify with Discount Shoes our own interpretive actions that challenge and put pressure on the existing rhetorical hierarchy, we can become more attuned to, and thus more accountable for, our own narrative and its own hierarchical structure or internal conflict and heterogeneity. In other words, as we exercise our agency to develop a new rhetorical order using Chinese rhetoric as a specific case in point, we must recognize and own up to its processional, often heterogeneous, voices. And we must be prepared to interrogate our own authority and legitimacy even as we attempt to confer validity and credibility on our representation or construction of Chinese rhetoric. In short, the art of recontextualization also entails an ethical imperative.
