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Rhetorics of Motherhood /

Becoming a mother profoundly alters one's perception of the world, as the author learned firsthand when she gave birth. Suddenly attentive to representations of mothers and mothering in advertisements, fiction, film, art, education, and politics, she became intrigued by the persuasive force of...

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Auteur principal: Buchanan, Lindal, 1958-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Becoming a mother profoundly alters one's perception of the world, as the author learned firsthand when she gave birth. Suddenly attentive to representations of mothers and mothering in advertisements, fiction, film, art, education, and politics, she became intrigued by the persuasive force of the concept of motherhood, an interest that unleashed a host of questions: How is the construct defined? How are maternal appeals crafted, presented, and performed? What do they communicate about gender and power? How do they affect women? Her quest for answers has produced this book, a consideration of the topic through a feminist rhetorical lens.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (198 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780809332212