Political Women

Autorentext

Michele Lockhart teaches business communications and English at Texas Woman's University. Kathleen Mollick is an associate professor of English at Tarleton State University, where she serves as the Director of the Writing Program.

Klappentext

This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level.

Inhalt

Introduction Diane M. Blair I. Initial Women Moving Forward: A Fight for Language Chapter 1: Epideictic Memories: The Argument for Spatial Agency in Frances E. Willard's A Wheel within a Wheel Kristie Fleckenstein Chapter 2: "Shall America Retain the Faith of Our Fathers?": Aimee Semple McPherson and the California Gubernatorial Campaign of 1934 William Carney Chapter 3: From The Good Ship Lollipop to the White House: Ethos and the Invitational Rhetoric of Shirley Temple Black Sara Hillin II. A Shift to Modern Day: A Look at Leadership Chapter 4: Averting Crisis: Women as Heads of State and Rhetorical Action Rebecca S. Richards Chapter 5: Leadership and the [Vice] Presidency: The Nomination Acceptance Speeches of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin Michele Lockhart Chapter 6: No Laughing Matter: Saturday Night Live's Portrayal of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin Kathleen Mollick Chapter 7: Meghan McCain is GOP Proud: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Political Discourse Surrounding Feminist Leadership in the Republican Party Nichelle D. McNabb and Rachel B. Friedman III. Women and Politics: 2012 and the Future of Women Leaders in America Chapter 8: The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign Alison Novak and Janet Johnson Chapter 9: Western Women's Ethos and a Response to Privilege: Advocacy in Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Women's Rights Are Human Rights" Nancy Myers Chapter 10: Media and Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign: A Model for Understanding Construction of Collective Memory Mary Tucker-McLaughlin and Kenneth Campbell Chapter 11: Electing the Commander in Chief: The Gender Regime and Hillary Clinton's 2008 Campaign Rhetoric Maria Daxenbichler and Rochelle Gregory