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Informationen zum Autor Michele Lockhart teaches business communications and English at Texas Woman's University. Kathleen Mollick is an associate professor of English at Tarleton State University, where she serves as the Director of the Writing Program. Klappentext This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. This thought-provoking collection of essays on political leaders, leadership, and discourse gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rich analysis to deepen our understanding of the political, social, and cultural traditions and constructs surrounding men and women as political executives, including a response to the question, "Why hasn't a woman been elected President of the United States?" -- Janet M. Martin, Bowdoin College Zusammenfassung This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership! or assert their right to leadership! at the national level. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionDiane M. BlairI. Initial Women Moving Forward: A Fight for LanguageChapter 1: Epideictic Memories: The Argument for Spatial Agency in Frances E. Willard's A Wheel within a WheelKristie FleckensteinChapter 2: "Shall America Retain the Faith of Our Fathers?": Aimee Semple McPherson and the California Gubernatorial Campaign of 1934William CarneyChapter 3: From The Good Ship Lollipop to the White House: Ethos and the Invitational Rhetoric of Shirley Temple BlackSara HillinII. A Shift to Modern Day: A Look at LeadershipChapter 4: Averting Crisis: Women as Heads of State and Rhetorical ActionRebecca S. RichardsChapter 5: Leadership and the [Vice] Presidency: The Nomination Acceptance Speeches of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah PalinMichele LockhartChapter 6: No Laughing Matter: Saturday Night Live's Portrayal of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah PalinKathleen MollickChapter 7: Meghan McCain is GOP Proud: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Political Discourse Surrounding Feminist Leadership in the Republican PartyNichelle D. McNabb and Rachel B. FriedmanIII. Women and Politics: 2012 and the Future of Women Leaders in AmericaChapter 8: The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama CampaignAlison Novak and Janet JohnsonChapter 9: Western Women's Ethos and a Response to Privilege: Advocacy in Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Women's Rights Are Human Rights"Nancy MyersChapter 10: Media and Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign: A Model for Understanding Construction of Collective MemoryMary Tucker-McLaughlin and Kenneth CampbellChapter 11: Electing the Commander in Chief: The Gender Regime and Hillary Clinton's 2008 Campaign RhetoricMaria Daxenbichler and Rochelle Gregory...
