Rhetorics of motherhood / Lindal Buchanan ; with a foreword by Amber Kinser.

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Buchanan, Lindal, 1958-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in rhetorics and feminismsPublisher: Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 170 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0809332213
9780809332212
1299468306
9781299468306

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

306.44/082 23

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P120.W66 B83 2013

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Contents:

Theorizing motherhood in public discourse -- From "wild woman writer" to "mother of two" : Margaret Sanger, birth control, and ethos repair -- Motherhood, civil rights, and remembrance : recuperating Diane Nash -- Changing constructs of motherhood : pregnancy and personhood in Laci and Conner's law -- Conclusion : Interrogating motherhood, transforming gender.

Summary: Becoming a mother profoundly alters one's perception of the world, as the author learned firsthand when she gave birth. Suddenly attentive to representations of mothers and mothering in advertisements, fiction, film, art, education, and politics, she became intrigued by the persuasive force of the concept of motherhood, an interest that unleashed a host of questions: How is the construct defined? How are maternal appeals crafted, presented, and performed? What do they communicate about gender and power? How do they affect women? Her quest for answers has produced this book, a consideration of the topic through a feminist rhetorical lens.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.

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Becoming a mother profoundly alters one's perception of the world, as the author learned firsthand when she gave birth. Suddenly attentive to representations of mothers and mothering in advertisements, fiction, film, art, education, and politics, she became intrigued by the persuasive force of the concept of motherhood, an interest that unleashed a host of questions: How is the construct defined? How are maternal appeals crafted, presented, and performed? What do they communicate about gender and power? How do they affect women? Her quest for answers has produced this book, a consideration of the topic through a feminist rhetorical lens.

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