Political women : language and leadership / edited by Michele Lockhart and Kathleen Mollick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lockhart, Michele.

Mollick, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

United States.

Political oratory--United States.

Political oratory.

Physical Description:

xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]

Summary:

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. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In Political Women, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have strategically sought political power and leadership for themselves. The contributors analyze various case studies of leadership positions at the national level, looking at women who have run, been nominated to run, or have been appointed to national positions. The interdisciplinary approach lends itself to rhetoric, political rhetoric, political discourse, leadership studies, women's studies, gender issues, satire, and pop culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Initial Women Moving Forward: A Fight for Language xiii

1 Epideictic Memories: The Argument for Spatial Agency in Frances E. Willard's Wheel within a Wheel / Kristie Fleckenstein Fleckenstein, Kristie 1

2 "Shall America Retain the Faith of Our Fathers?": Aimee Semple McPherson and the California Gubernatorial Campaign of 1934 / William Carney Carney, William 19

3 From the Good Ship Lollipop to the White House: Ethos and the Invitational Rhetoric of Shirley Temple Black / Sara Hillin Hillin, Sara 31

II A Shift to Modern Day: A Look at Leadership 47

4 Averting Crisis: Women as Heads of State and Rhetorical Action / Rebecca S. Richards Richards, Rebecca S. 49

5 Leadership and the [Vice] Presidency: The Nomination Acceptance Speeches of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin / Michele Lockhart Lockhart, Michele 71

6 No Laughing Matter: Saturday Night Live's Portrayal of Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin / Kathleen Mollick Mollick, Kathleen 91

7 Meghan McCain is GOP Proud: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Political Discourse Surrounding Feminist Leadership in the Republican Party / Nichelle D. McNabb McNabb, Nichelle D., Rachel B. Friedman Friedman, Rachel B. 105

III Women and Politics: 2012 and the Future of Women Leaders in America 123

8 The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign / Alison Novak Novak, Alison, Janet Johnson Johnson, Janet 125

9 Western Women's Ethos and a Response to Privilege: Advocacy in Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Women's Rights Are Human Rights" / Nancy Myers Myers, Nancy 153

10 Media and Hillary Clinton's Political Leadership: A Model for Understanding Construction of Collective Memory / Mary Tucker-McLaughlin Tucker-McLaughlin, Mary, Kenneth Campbell Campbell, Kenneth 175

11 Electing the Commander in Chief: The Gender Regime and Hillary Clinton's 2008 Campaign Rhetoric / Maria Daxenbichler Daxenbichler, Maria, Rochelle Gregory Gregory, Rochelle 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739182031

073918203X

OCLC:

851417603