Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Chaos Rhetoric and the Public Construction of American Morality; 1. Second Verse, Same as the First: A History of American Conservative Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Rhetoric; 2. The Architecture of Chaos Rhetoric: Emotion, Myth, Persuasion; 3. All Things to All People: CWA as "True" Feminism ; 4. Sex and Cultural Salvation: CWA and Nationalist Rhetoric; 5. Lonely Messengers? The Ubiquity of Chaos Rhetoric; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Through a detailed study of the sexually-charged rhetoric of one of America's largest conservative women's organizations, Concerned Women for America (CWA), 'Righteous Rhetoric' argues that the absolute, ordered platforms for which CWA is known are not the linchpin of its political power. Rather, such absolutes are the byproduct of a more fundamental rhetorical process called 'chaos rhetoric', a type of speech designed to create a heightened sense of social chaos
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 14, 2014)
