Rhetorical criticism as ethical action: Cherchez la Femme
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Southern Communication Journal
- Vol. 61 (1) , 29-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10417949509372997
Abstract
This essay claims that the U.S. American rhetorical tradition of privileging Kenneth Burkes theory of ‘identification,’ ‘consubstantiality,’ and ‘the body,’ forecloses the inclusion of women in that tradition, hence inviting them to turn elsewhere for models of how they might enter into discourse for the purpose of moving others to an action or an attitude.Keywords
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