Tiffany D. Kinney

Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors (eBook, PDF)

A Pan-Historical Analysis

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors studies how marginalized groups use rhetorical strategies to craft legitimacy for themselves. Kinney uses archival research to parse the rhetorical devices employed by Mormon feminist women. The author assumes a pan-historical methodology by examining four unique examples of notable Mormon feminist rhetors that stretch across the 191-year history of this religion: Emmeline B. Wells (1828-1921), Fawn Brodie (1915-1981), Sonia Johnson (1936-present), and Kate Kelly (1980-present). Backed by intensive analysis, the author finds that Mormon feminist women take up the ancient rhetorical canons as a heuristic to cultivate a position of authority for themselves: Wells employs arrangement patterns, Brodie engages with memory, Johnson draws upon invention practices, and Kelly applies delivery strategies. Scholars and students of communication, rhetoric, religion, and women's studies will find this book particularly interesting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978780132
• Artikelnr.: 74847327

Autorenporträt

Tiffany D. Kinneyis assistant professor of English in the Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication Department at Colorado Mesa University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Archiving the Apocrypha: Feminism, Legitimacy, Religion
Chapter 2: Continuum of Legitimacy
Chapter 3: Literacy through Arrangement and Social Circulation: E.B. Wells
Chapter 4: Rhetorically Distilling the Memory of a Saint: Fawn McKay Brodie
Chapter 5: A System Splitting Dream: Sonia Johnson and Radical Feminist
Invention
Chapter 6: Delivering Legitimacy: Kate Kelly and the Founding of Ordain
Women
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Implications for Marginalized Groups Working towards
Legitimacy
Appendix: Supplemental Reading