Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2022

“An Excelent Good Remedi”: Medical Recipes as Ethos-Building Tactical Technical Communication in Early Modern England

Danielle Mollie Stambler University of Minnesota System

Abstract

This article examines how nonprofessionals in early modern England used tactical technical communication and rhetorical strategies to build medical knowledge and healthcare expertise. Using a feminist ethos and tactical technical communication lens, this article details a content analysis study of 4,045 handwritten medical recipes from England dated between 1540 and 1860. Findings from the study extend tactical technical communication by examining non-digital/non-internet spaces and how extra-institutional nonprofessionals build ethos and expertise.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2022-10-02
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2021.2021451
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multimodality technical communication argument

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