Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric

Labels traditionally ascribed to women-mother, angel of the house, whore, or bitch-suggest character traits that do not encompass the complexities of women's identities or empower women's public speaking. Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric redefines the concept of ethos-classically thought of as character or credibility-as ecological and feminist, negotiated and renegotiated, and implicated in shifting power dynamics. Building...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809334941
• ISBN13: 9780809334940
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"