| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 242 pages) |
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Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms |
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Studies in rhetorics and feminisms.
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| Contents |
Introduction : words of honor - evidence, exigence, and rhetorical selves -- Dangerous words/domestic spaces : invading Union forces and southern women's rhetorical efforts in self-protection -- A ladylike resistance? : finding the time, place, and means for voicing political allegiances -- Guarded tongues/secure communities : rhetorical responsibilities and "everyday" audiences -- Public voices/divine audiences : Confederate women's prayers during the American Civil War -- Audiences victorious, defeated, and free : rhetorical purpose in the immediate postwar south -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
During the American Civil War, southern white women found themselves speaking and acting in unfamiliar and tumultuous circumstances. With the war at their doorstep, women who supported the war effort took part in defining what it meant to be, and to behave as, a Confederate through their verbal and nonverbal rhetorics. Though most did not speak from the podium, they viewed themselves as participants in the war effort, indicating that what they did or did not say could matter. Drawing on the rich evidence in women's Civil War diaries, this book recognizes women's persuasive activities as contributions to the creation and maintenance of Confederate identity and culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Women -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries
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Rhetoric -- Confederate States of America
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English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric
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Women -- Language.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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English language -- Rhetoric
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Rhetoric
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Social aspects
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Women
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Women -- Language
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140282
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
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| Subject |
United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013004254 |
| ISBN |
9780809332588 |
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0809332582 |
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