Description
Book SynopsisApplies a translingual and transmodal framework informed by feminist rhetorical practice to three distinct case studies that demonstrate women using unique and effective rhetorical strategies in political, religious, and artistic contexts.
Trade ReviewLives, Letters, and Quilts is an engaging read. The case study chapters provide interesting background and analysis, and as a study of quotidian forms of rhetorical resistance, this book makes a valuable contribution." - Robert E. Terrill, author of
Malcolm X: Inventing Radical Judgment and
Double-Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Barack Obama: The Price and Promise of CitizenshipTable of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. (Un)Conventional Means: Recontextualizing Everyday Rhetorics of Resistance
- Chapter 1. The Pen as Sword: The Townsend Letter-Writing Campaigns and the Case of Pearl Burkhalter
- Chapter 2. With Pen and Prayer: The Life and Ministry of Eliza P. Gurney
- Chapter 3. 'The Needle as the Pen': Recontextualizing the Discourses of Quilts and Quiltmaking
- Conclusion. 'What Is This Thing You Call a Pen?': The Courage of Ordinary Americans
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
