The Transfiguring Sword - The Just War of the Women's Social and Political Union

The Women's Social and Political Union turned to arson, bombing, and widespread property destruction as a strategy to achieve suffrage for women. This study challenges the view that the suffragettes' use of military metaphors, vilification of the government, and violent attacks on property were signs of hysteria and self-destruction. Instead, what emerges is a picture of a deliberate strategy of violence supported by a rhetorical defense of unusual power and consistency.

Info autore

Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp is Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department at Lynchburg College, USA.

Riassunto

Jorgensen-Earp provides a new understanding of the recurrent rhetoricalneed to employ conservative rhetoric in support of a radical cause.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9780817358211
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5821-1
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies Rhetoric & Communicati; Studies in Rhetoric and Commun; Studies in Rhetoric and Communication; Studies Rhetoric & Communicati
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia