Epideixis is generally understood as ceremonial rhetoric that praises or blames. When examined through the lens of civic celebrations such as the Coronation Durbars in fin de siècle colonial India or the protection of Confederate monuments, epideictic rhetoric instructs the audience to uphold what are purported to be the community’s common values. This educational epideixis, however, also exposes veiled anxieties not commonly associated with a seemingly ceremonial speech act. This new understanding of epideictic should encourage rhetoricians to further question rhetors’ use of epideixis and interrogate other aims in those speech acts.

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流行修辞和英国公民实践：在公民庆典上纪念 1857 年印度起义中的英国英雄

Epideixis 通常被理解为赞美或指责的礼仪修辞。当通过公民庆祝活动（例如世纪末殖民地印度的加冕杜巴节或保护邦联纪念碑）来审视时，流行的修辞会指示观众维护所谓社区的共同价值观。然而，这种教育性的表象也暴露了通常与看似礼仪性的演讲行为无关的隐秘焦虑。这种对epideictic的新理解应该鼓励修辞学家进一步质疑修辞者对epideixis的使用，并质疑这些言语行为中的其他目的。