Rhetorics of Motherhood

Rhetorics of Motherhood

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Becoming a mother profoundly alters one’s perception of the world, as Lindal Buchanan learned firsthand when she gave birth. Suddenly attentive to representations of mothers and mothering in advertisements, fiction, film, art, education, and politics, she became intrigued by the persuasive force of the concept of motherhood, an interest that unleashed a host of questions: How is the construct defined? How are maternal appeals crafted, presented, and performed? What do they communicate about gender and power? How do they affect women? Her quest for answers has produced Rhetorics of Motherhood, the first book-length consideration of the topic through a feminist rhetorical lens…. [From Amazon.com]

ISBN

9780809332205

Publication Date

2013

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press

City

Carbondale, Illinois

Keywords

Feminist literary criticism, Motherhood, Women (Language)

Disciplines

Rhetoric | Women's Studies

Rhetorics of Motherhood

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