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dc.contributor.advisorParson, Donn W
dc.contributor.authorHovden, Jan Marie
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-30T20:47:29Z
dc.date.available2009-07-30T20:47:29Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-28
dc.date.submitted2008
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10064
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5336
dc.description.abstractI argue that a theory of symbolic value formation is implicit in the writings of Kenneth Burke. I analyze ten of Burke's major writings and use what Burke refers to as the ten key terms of moral and aesthetic valuation as the means to ascertain what this theory is. I then outline the process of how individuals and social orders imbue people, ideas and things with value via symbol systems and how those values are altered over time based on interactions with the social and physical world. The work highlights people's desire for stable value systems along with how unstable those systems actually are.
dc.format.extent248 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectSpeech communication
dc.subjectBurke, Kenneth
dc.subjectValuation
dc.titleSYMBOLS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALUES: KENNETH BURKE AND (RE)VALUATION
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberHarris, Scott
dc.contributor.cmtememberManolescu, Beth
dc.contributor.cmtememberRowland, Robert C.
dc.contributor.cmtememberAntonio, Robert
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineCommunication Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857478
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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