03308nam 2200745Ia 450 991080613750332120230801222409.01-280-69722-997866136741800-8093-8630-5(CKB)2670000000176447(EBL)1354425(OCoLC)856870168(SSID)ssj0000606279(PQKBManifestationID)11391750(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606279(PQKBWorkID)10579809(PQKB)10654133(OCoLC)784949415(MdBmJHUP)muse3627(MiAaPQ)EBC1354425(Au-PeEL)EBL1354425(CaPaEBR)ebr10551770(CaONFJC)MIL367418(EXLCZ)99267000000017644720110210d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConversational rhetoric[electronic resource] the rise and fall of a women's tradition, 1600-1900 /Jane DonawerthCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20121 online resource (234 p.)Studies in rhetorics and feminismsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-3027-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Humanist Dialogues and Defenses of Women's Education: Conversation as a Model for All Discourse -- Conduct Book Rhetoric: Constructing a Theory of Feminine Discourse -- Defenses of Women's Preaching: Dissenting Rhetoric and the Language of Women's Rights -- Elocution: Sentimental Culture and Performing Femininity -- Conclusion: Composition Textbooks by Women and the Decline of a Women's Tradition.Much of the scholarly exchange regarding the history of women in rhetoric has emphasized women's rhetorical practices. In Conversational Rhetoric: The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900, Jane Donawerth traces the historical development of rhetorical theory by women for women, studying the moments when women produced theory about the arts of communication in alternative genres-humanist treatises and dialogues, defenses of women's preaching, conduct books, and elocution handbooks. She examines the relationship between communication and gender and between theory andStudies in rhetorics and feminisms.English languageDiscourse analysisOral communicationEnglandOral communicationUnited StatesRhetoricEnglandHistoryRhetoricUnited StatesHistoryWomenEducationEnglandWomenEducationUnited StatesEnglish languageDiscourse analysis.Oral communicationOral communicationRhetoricHistory.RhetoricHistory.WomenEducationWomenEducation808.042082808/.042082Donawerth Jane1947-542807MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806137503321Conversational Rhetoric1080815UNINA