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Untimely women : radically recasting feminist rhetorical history / Jason Barrett-Fox.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Barrett-Fox, Jason, author.
Contributor:
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Series:
New directions in rhetoric and materiality
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Haldeman-Julius, Marcet, 1887-1941.
West, Mae.
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981.
Women--Historiography.
Women.
Feminism--Historiography.
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Rhetoric--Social aspects.
Rhetoric.
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981--Criticism and interpretation.
Loos, Anita.
West, Mae--Criticism and interpretation.
Haldeman-Julius, Marcet, 1887-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
Haldeman-Julius, Marcet.
Criticism and interpretation.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
viii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2022]
Summary:
"Recovers feminist rhetors of the twentieth century-including Mae West, Anita Loos, and Marcet Haldeman-Julius-who are not known for being feminist in their time, to offer a more capacious approach to feminist historiography and our definition of feminist rhetoric"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: Future pasts: women, rhetoric, out of time
From oblivion to eloquence: repopulating and refiguring feminist rhetorical history
Reinventing the rules: Anita Loos's diffractive historiography
Following the forces: Mae West's transductive historiography
Reassembling the socialist: Marcet Haldeman-Julius's metonymic-archival historiography
Conclusion: No more untellable stories: some prospects for medio-materialist historiography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780814214879
0814214878
9780814258286
081425828X
OCLC:
1276933417
Publisher Number:
99990663478

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