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Conversational rhetoric : the rise and fall of a women's tradition, 1600-1900 /

Much of the scholarly exchange regarding the history of women in rhetoric has emphasized women's rhetorical practices. In Conversational Rhetoric: The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900, Jane Donawerth traces the historical development of rhetorical theory by women for women,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donawerth, Jane, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Studies in rhetorics and feminisms.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Much of the scholarly exchange regarding the history of women in rhetoric has emphasized women's rhetorical practices. In Conversational Rhetoric: The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900, Jane Donawerth traces the historical development of rhetorical theory by women for women, studying the moments when women produced theory about the arts of communication in alternative genres-humanist treatises and dialogues, defenses of women's preaching, conduct books, and elocution handbooks. She examines the relationship between communication and gender and between theory and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 205 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.
ISBN:9780809386307
0809386305