Abstract

Abstract Feminist research in the history of rhetoric has used traditional humanistic research techniques to recover many women rhetoricians. Nevertheless, such work has been faulted for making tendentious arguments on behalf of some women figures. These criticisms arise in part from failing to understanding that feminist researchers, although employing many traditional methods, do not seek the traditional goal of objective truth. Rather, they work for truths that are relative to the interests of specific communities. Scholars who refuse to accept their findings may be motivated in part by rejection of the emotional allegiances the relevant communities invoke. An exemplary theory to negotiate these research difficulties can be found in the work of Jacqueline Jones Royster.

Journal
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2000-09-01
DOI
10.1080/02773940009391186
Open Access
Closed

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Cites in this index (5)

  1. College English
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  3. Rhetoric Society Quarterly
  4. College English
  5. Rhetoric Review
Also cites 2 works outside this index ↓
  1. 10.2307/378936
  2. The Changing Tradition: Women in the History of Rhetoric.
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