Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors - A Pan-Historical Analysis

Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s-present) analysis of the legitimacy strategies taken up by Mormon feminist women.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Archiving the Apocrypha: Feminism, Legitimacy, Religion
Chapter 2: Continuum of Legitimacy
Chapter 3: Literacy through Arrangement and Social Circulation: E.B. Wells
Chapter 4: Rhetorically Distilling the Memory of a Saint: Fawn McKay Brodie
Chapter 5: A System Splitting Dream: Sonia Johnson and Radical Feminist Invention
Chapter 6: Delivering Legitimacy: Kate Kelly and the Founding of Ordain Women
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Implications for Marginalized Groups Working towards Legitimacy
Appendix: Supplemental Reading

About the author

By Tiffany D. Kinney

Summary

Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s–present) analysis of the legitimacy strategies taken up by Mormon feminist women.

Product details

• Authors: Tiffany D. Kinney
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793605856
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-585-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Religion & beliefs, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women & girls, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc