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Legitimization of Mormon feminist rhetors : a pan-historical analysis / Tiffany D. Kinney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kinney, Tiffany D., 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Mormon Church--History.
- Feminism.
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History.
- Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Mormon Church--History.
- Rhetoric.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s-present) analysis of the legitimacy strategies taken up by Mormon feminist women.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Archiving the Apocrypha: Feminism, Legitimacy, and Religion
- Tracing the Roots of This Project
- The Through Line: Advocating for Legitimacy
- Delineating the Rhetorical Context: Benevolent Patriarchy Supported by Gender Essentialism
- Why Study Mormon Feminist Writing?
- Archival Studies: Critical Archives, Public Memory, and Community-Based Archives
- Chapter Previews
- Chapter 2: Continuum of Legitimacy
- Chapter 3: Legitimacy through Arrangement and Social Circulation: Emmeline B. Wells
- Chapter 4: Rhetorically Distilling the Memory of a Saint: Fawn McKay Brodie
- Chapter 5: A System-Splitting Dream: Sonia Johnson and Radical Feminist Invention
- Chapter 6: Delivering Legitimacy: Kate Kelly and the Founding of Ordain Women
- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Incremental Changes for Unresponsive Institutions
- Notes
- Definitions of Legitimacy
- A Brief Sketch of Traditional Ways to Cultivate Legitimacy
- Gaining Legitimacy When Traditional Pathways Are Blocked
- Conclusion
- Emmeline B. Wells: Sarcastic, Devoted, Suffragist
- Historical Context: Mormon (Feminist) History, 1850-1900
- Social Circulation, Feminism, and Legitimacy
- Fawn McKay Brodie: Historian, Academic Biographer, Feminist
- Theorizing History and Memory: Traditional Understandings and Feminist Interventions
- Parsing the Strategic Distillation of Memory-Public and Private
- Chapter 5: A System-Splitting Dream: Sonia Johnson and Radical Feminist Invention.
- Sonia Johnson: Irreverent, Imaginative, Equal Rights Feminist
- Rhetorical Invention: Traditional Understandings and Feminist Interventions
- Invention Cycle throughout Sonia Johnson's Writing
- Kate Kelly: Activist, Feminist, Lawyer
- Mormon Feminism and the Third Wave
- Delivering Legitimacy
- Conclusion: Legitimacy and Ordain Women
- Chapter 7: Implications for Marginalized Groups Working toward Legitimacy
- The "Continuum of Legitimacy"
- Mormon Feminism Continues: Beyond Wells, Brodie, Johnson, and Kelly
- Significance of Mormon Feminist Rhetorical Practices
- Final Thoughts: The Canonization of Mormon Feminism
- Supplemental Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-7936-0586-6
- OCLC:
- 1267403577
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