From Hysteria to Hormones - A Rhetorical History

Examines the rhetorical activity that preceded the early twentieth-century emergence of the word hormone and the impact of this word on expert understandings of women's health.

Info autore

Amy Koerber is Professor in Communication Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Success in the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. Her book Breast or Bottle: Contemporary Controversies in Infant-Feeding Policy and Practice was awarded the 2015 Conference on College Composition and Communication Award in the category of Best Book in Technical or Scientific Communication.

Riassunto

Examines the rhetorical activity that preceded the early twentieth-century emergence of the word hormone and the impact of this word on expert understandings of women’s health.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Amy Koerber, Amy (Texas Tech University) Koerber
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.03.2018
• EAN: 9780271080864
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08086-4
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 363 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Serie: Rsa Series in Transdisciplinar; Rsa Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric; RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Scienze della comunicazione; SCIENCE / History, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, MEDICAL / Medical History & Records, Women's health, History of Science, Communication Studies, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics