Righteous rhetoric : sex, speech, and the politics of concerned women for America

Righteous rhetoric : sex, speech, and the politics of concerned women for America / Leslie Dorrough Smith.

Through a detailed study of the sexually-charged rhetoric of one of America's largest conservative women's organizations, Concerned Women for America (CWA), 'Righteous Rhetoric' argues that the absolute, ordered platforms for which CWA is known are not the linchpin of its politic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Leslie Dorrough, 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:American Academy of Religion academy series.
Subjects:
Concerned Women for America.
Concerned Women for America
Christian women > Political activity > United States.
Christian conservatism > United States.
Rhetoric > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Rhetoric and psychology.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sexual ethics > Political aspects > United States.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Christian conservatism
Rhetoric and psychology
Rhetoric > Religious aspects > Christianity
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Chaos Rhetoric and the Public Construction of American Morality; 1. Second Verse, Same as the First: A History of American Conservative Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Rhetoric; 2. The Architecture of Chaos Rhetoric: Emotion, Myth, Persuasion; 3. All Things to All People: CWA as "True" Feminism ; 4. Sex and Cultural Salvation: CWA and Nationalist Rhetoric; 5. Lonely Messengers? The Ubiquity of Chaos Rhetoric; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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