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Fresh interpretations of women's speaking and writing throughout
western history Most traditional works of rhetorical history have
excluded the activities of women, but Listening to Their Voices
retrieves the voices of women who contributed to the rhetorical
realm. The nineteen essays in the collection extend existing
definitions of rhetoric and enrich conventional knowledge of
rhetorical history. In her introduction Molly Meijer Wertheimer
traces the patriarchal nature of traditional rhetorical histories
as well as the continuing debate about how best to write women into
rhetoric's historical record. The volume's essays advance
rhetorical theory by examining exceptional women rhetoricians and
their unusual rhetorical practices and strategies. Covering a
diverse range of rhetorical pursuits and historical eras, the
selections look closely at such fascinating topics as the bold
speech of ancient Egyptian women, the rhetorical genres of mother's
manuals and women's commercial writings in the Middle Ages, the
sexual stereotyping of prose style in rhetorical theory of the
Enlightenment, and exhortations for racial uplift by
nineteenth-century African American women.
Inventing a Voice is a comprehensive work on the lives and
communication of twentieth-century first ladies. Using a rhetorical
framework, the contributors look at the speaking, writing, media
coverage and interaction, and visual rhetoric of American first
ladies from Ida Saxton McKinley to Laura Bush. The women's
rhetorical devices varied some practiced a rhetoric without words,
while others issued press releases, gave speeches, and met with
various constituencies. All used interpersonal or social rhetoric
to support their husbands' relationships with world leaders, party
officials, boosters, and the public. Featuring an extensive
introduction and chapter on the 'First Lady as a Site of 'American
Womanhood, '' Wertheimer has gathered a collection that includes
the post-White House musings of many first ladies, capturing their
reflections on public expectations and perceived restrictions on
their communication."
Inventing a Voice is a comprehensive work on the lives and
communication of twentieth-century first ladies. Using a rhetorical
framework, the contributors look at the speaking, writing, media
coverage and interaction, and visual rhetoric of American first
ladies from Ida Saxton McKinley to Laura Bush. The women's
rhetorical devices varied some practiced a rhetoric without words,
while others issued press releases, gave speeches, and met with
various constituencies. All used interpersonal or social rhetoric
to support their husbands' relationships with world leaders, party
officials, boosters, and the public. Featuring an extensive
introduction and chapter on the "First Lady as a Site of 'American
Womanhood, '" Wertheimer has gathered a collection that includes
the post-White House musings of many first ladies, capturing their
reflections on public expectations and perceived restrictions on
their communication."
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