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This volume explores how women in the fields of rhetoric and
composition have succeeded, despite the challenges inherent in the
circumstances of their work. Focusing on those women generally
viewed as "successful" in rhetoric and composition, this volume
relates their stories of successes (and failures) to serve as
models for other women in the profession who aspire to "make it,"
too: to succeed as women academics in a sea of gender and
disciplinary bias and to have a life, as well. Building on the
gains made by several generations of rhetoric and composition
scholars, this volume provides strategies for a newer generation of
scholars entering the field and, in so doing, broadens the support
base for women in the field by connecting them with a greater web
of women in the profession. Offering frank discussion of
professional and personal struggles as well as providing reference
materials addressing these concerns, solid career advice, and
inspirational narratives told by women who have "made it" in the
field of rhetoric and composition, this work highlights such common
concerns as: dealing with sexism in the tenure and promotion
process, maintaining a balance between career and family,
struggling for scholarly and/or administrative respect, mentoring
junior women, finding one's voice in scholarship, and struggling to
say "no" to unrewarded service work The profiles of individual
successful women describe each woman's methods for success, examine
the price each has paid for that success, and pass along the advice
each has to offer other women who are beginning a career in the
field or attempting to jumpstart an existing career. With resources
and general advice for women in the field of rhetoric and
composition to guide them through their careers-as they become,
survive, and thrive as professionals in the discipline - this book
is must-have reading for every woman making her career in the
rhetoric and composition fields.
This volume explores how women in the fields of rhetoric and
composition have succeeded, despite the challenges inherent in the
circumstances of their work. Focusing on those women generally
viewed as "successful" in rhetoric and composition, this volume
relates their stories of successes (and failures) to serve as
models for other women in the profession who aspire to "make it,"
too: to succeed as women academics in a sea of gender and
disciplinary bias and to have a life, as well. Building on the
gains made by several generations of rhetoric and composition
scholars, this volume provides strategies for a newer generation of
scholars entering the field and, in so doing, broadens the support
base for women in the field by connecting them with a greater web
of women in the profession. Offering frank discussion of
professional and personal struggles as well as providing reference
materials addressing these concerns, solid career advice, and
inspirational narratives told by women who have "made it" in the
field of rhetoric and composition, this work highlights such common
concerns as: dealing with sexism in the tenure and promotion
process, maintaining a balance between career and family,
struggling for scholarly and/or administrative respect, mentoring
junior women, finding one's voice in scholarship, and struggling to
say "no" to unrewarded service work The profiles of individual
successful women describe each woman's methods for success, examine
the price each has paid for that success, and pass along the advice
each has to offer other women who are beginning a career in the
field or attempting to jumpstart an existing career. With resources
and general advice for women in the field of rhetoric and
composition to guide them through their careers-as they become,
survive, and thrive as professionals in the discipline - this book
is must-have reading for every woman making her career in the
rhetoric and composition fields.
This collection of essays investigates the historiography of
rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of
writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four
major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies,
contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss the context
and material conditions in which students compose, cover the
politics of the field and the value of a rhetorical education, and
reflect on contemporary trends in canon diversification. Providing
both retrospective and prospective assessments, Rhetoric and
Writing Studies in the New Century offers original research by
important figures in the field.
In this feminist investigation into the art of preaching--one of
the oldest and least studied rhetorical traditions--Roxanne
Mountford explores the relationship between bodies, space, race,
and gender in rhetorical performance and American Protestant
culture. Refiguring delivery and physicality as significant
components of the rhetorical situation, "The Gendered Pulpit:
Preaching in American Protestant Spaces "examines the strategies of
three contemporary women preachers who have transgressed
traditions, rearranged rhetorical space, and conquered gender bias
to establish greater intimacy with their congregations.
Mountford's examinations of the rhetoric inherent in preaching
manuals from 1850 to the present provide insight into how
"manliness" has remained a central concept in American preaching
since the mid-nineteenth century. The manuals illustrate that the
character, style, method of delivery, and theological purpose of
preachers focused on white men and their cultural standing, leaving
contemporary women preachers searching for ways to accommodate
themselves to the physicality of preaching.
Three case studies of women preachers who have succeeded or failed
in rearranging rhetorical space provide the foundation for the
volume. These contemporary examples have important implications for
feminist theology and also reveal the importance of gender, space,
and bodies to studies of rhetoric in general. Mountford explores
the geographies of St. John's Lutheran Church and the preaching of
Rev. Patricia O'Connor who reformed rhetorical space through the
delivery of her sermons. At Eastside United Church of Christ,
Mountford shows, Rev. Barbara Hill employed narrative styleand
prophetic utterance in the tradition of black preaching to address
gender bias and institute change in her congregation. The final
case study details the experiences of Pastor Janet Moore and her
struggles at Victory Hills United Methodist Church, where the
fractured congregation could not be united even with Pastor Moore's
focus on theological purpose and invention strategies.
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