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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"feminine style"”.
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Dramatism, Feminine Style and Women's Weblogs: Women Speaking in the E-Public
… Burke's (1969) dramatism with Campbell's (1989) feminine style to describe and critique three women's political blogs. The pentad highlighted an argument derived from each blogger's master narrative, while feminine style analysis revealed subtle differences among the women's persuasive tactics.
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Political silence, the feminine style, and Aids: The role of surrogate speakers at the 1992 presidential nominating conventions
… this project illustrates the use of the feminine style of communication in political discourse. It also demonstrates the advantage of using this style in a campaign setting. Finally, it concludes that the feminine style may offer political candidates a more desirable technique of …
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"Purple People": "Sexed" Linguistics, Pleasure, and the "Feminine" Body in the Lyrics of Tori Amos
<p>The notion of a “feminine” style has been staunchly resisted by third-wave feminists who argue that to posit a “feminine” style is essentialist. Yet, linguists such as Norma Mendoza-Denton and Elinor Ochs discuss indexicality and shifting through <em>salient variables</em>, a process called …
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Gender ambivalence, fragmented self, and the subversive nature of James Tiptree, Jr.'s science fiction
… defied preconceived notions about masculine and feminine writing styles. Her two adopted textual personas, Tiptree and Raccoona Sheldon, reflect different facets of her personality, and the writing produced under each pseudonym explores gender issues convincingly from both perspectives. While …
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“Cookie Mom-ster,” “Mom in Chief,” and “Sugar Mommy” : [de-] constructing ideal femininty of Presidential candidate wives
… but also her permanent role as the candidate’s feminine counterpart and its close management demand examination. To be sure, this thesis comes at a time of significant importance, with Hillary Clinton vying for the 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination. I agree with past scholars that …