Regendering Delivery The Fifth Canon and Antebellum Women Rhetors |
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| Author:
| Buchanan, Lindal |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-2658-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Lindal Buchanan thoroughly analyzes how antebellum women infiltrated the male-dominated realm of public speaking by adapting elocutionary instruction to subversive ends, developing distinctive delivery styles, and reconciling conflicting public and private roles. By detailing the education and oratorical practices of pioneering female public speakers,
Regendering Delivery: The Fifth Canon and Antebellum Women Rhetors theorizes how gender impacted the fifth rhetorical canon...
More DescriptionLindal Buchanan thoroughly analyzes how antebellum women infiltrated the male-dominated realm of public speaking by adapting elocutionary instruction to subversive ends, developing distinctive delivery styles, and reconciling conflicting public and private roles. By detailing the education and oratorical practices of pioneering female public speakers, Regendering Delivery: The Fifth Canon and Antebellum Women Rhetors theorizes how gender impacted the fifth rhetorical canon of delivery and how cultural constructions of the feminine have shaped public performance.