Table of Contents:
  • Theorizing America's first African American First Lady
  • A new First Lady for America / Elizabeth J. Natalle and Jenni M. Simon
  • Conventional and unconventional rhetorical strategies in Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention addresses / Tammy Vigil
  • First Lady brand in the epideictic rhetoric of Michelle Obama / Jeanne M. Persuit and Deborah A. Brunson
  • The rhetor and the agendas
  • Michelle Obama's ethos and Let's Move! / Elizabeth J. Natalle
  • Michelle Obama speaking in Africa on education, family, and the African legacy / Trudy L. Hanson and Enyonam Osei-Hwere
  • Michelle Obama reaching higher to lead and serve community / Jenni M. Simon
  • Redefining the boundaries of First Lady scholarship
  • Black feminist reflections on Michelle Obama's tribute to Maya Angelou / Rachel Alicia Griffin.