Rhetoric Review Jul 2013

Women's Compilations of Recitations, Dialogues, and Tableaux: Building Feminist Rhetorics for the Twentieth Century

Paige V. Banaji The Ohio State University

Abstract

As America entered the twentieth century, a number of women contributed to the popular elocution movement through their publication of compilations of recitation, dialogues, tableaux, and other elocutionary genres. An examination of woman-authored elocutionary compilations reveals a nascent feminism: Through their selection of pieces that examine women's changing roles and celebrate women's accomplishments—both within and beyond the domestic sphere—women compilers encouraged novice women speakers to rethink their gendered societal roles.

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Rhetoric Review
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2013-07-01
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2013.797875
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genre theory feminist rhetorics gender and writing
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