Showing papers in "Quarterly Journal of Speech in 2020"
TL;DR: This article contributed to and reframed the preliminary scholarly assessments of Donald J. Trump's appeals to rage, malice, and revenge by sketching the rhetorical dimensions of an underly...
Abstract: This essay contributes to and reframes the preliminary scholarly assessments of President Donald J. Trump's appeals to rage, malice, and revenge by sketching the rhetorical dimensions of an underly...
44 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how Native women and girls suffer sexual violence at the highest rate of any demographic in the United States, primarily perpetrated by non-native assailants, and explore how domin...
Abstract: Native women and girls suffer sexual violence at the highest rate of any demographic in the United States—primarily perpetrated by non-Native assailants. In this essay, we explore how domin...
15 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines #SayHerName as a case study to analyze how circulation of the hashtag both challenged women's erasure from #BlackLivesMatter discourse and motivated activists to center the stor...
Abstract: This essay examines #SayHerName as a case study to analyze how circulation of the hashtag both challenged women’s erasure from #BlackLivesMatter discourse and motivated activists to center the stor...
14 citations
TL;DR: As Lost Cause statues come down across the country, communities are forced to reckon with monumental absences as mentioned in this paper, while the rhetorical significance of monuments is well-established in scholarly litera...
Abstract: As Lost Cause statues come down across the country, communities are forced to reckon with monumental absences. While the rhetorical significance of monuments is well-established in scholarly litera...
13 citations
TL;DR: To tell the whole story of the struggle for woman suffrage, we need to begin the story well before 1848 and continue it long after 1920 as mentioned in this paper, and this essay offers a good introduction.
Abstract: To tell the whole story of the struggle for woman suffrage, we need to begin the story well before 1848 and continue it long after 1920. For those teaching about woman suffrage, this essay offers r...
11 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ the topographical metaphors of terrain and territory to examine how, upon the 2015 death of Cecil the lion at the hands of the dentist Walter Palmer, outrage was channeled into...
Abstract: This article employs the topographical metaphors of terrain and territory to examine how, upon the 2015 death of Cecil the lion at the hands of the dentist Walter Palmer, outrage was channeled into...
10 citations
TL;DR: Holley's speech transcripts are not extant in the archives of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) as discussed by the authors, but they are available on the Internet.
Abstract: Abolitionist Sallie Holley (1818–1893) lectured widely as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, but she is understudied in rhetoric because her speech transcripts are not extant in...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an Afrafuturist Feminist (AFF) rhetorical approach is proposed with the aim of offering one mea...Heeding Karma Chavez's (2015) call to imagine rhetoric as "something entirely different" is introduced.
Abstract: Heeding Karma Chavez’s (2015) call to imagine rhetoric as “something entirely different,” I introduce what I call an Afrafuturist Feminist (AFF) rhetorical approach with the aim of offering one mea...
9 citations
TL;DR: This paper explore how Native American rhetoric of resistance exposes the settler colonial logics that constitute a hegemonic force in the greater social imaginary, focusing on two sites in the US.
Abstract: In this essay, I explore how Native American rhetoric of resistance exposes the settler colonial logics that constitute a hegemonic force in the greater social imaginary. Focusing on two sites—the ...
9 citations
TL;DR: Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric as mentioned in this paper provides case studies encompassing "indigenous perspectives on rhetoric and public address, particularly as these frameworks occur symbolically via "the conte...
Abstract: Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric provides case studies encompassing “indigenous perspectives on rhetoric and public address,” particularly as these frameworks occur symbolically via “the conte...
7 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the author insists on treating Trump supporters, many of whom want to deny political consideration to others, as worthy of political considerati cation, and this book tended to make me angry.
Abstract: To be honest, this book tended to make me angry, for its author insists on treating Trump supporters, many of whom want to deny political consideration to others, as worthy of political considerati...
TL;DR: The centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment offers an opportunity to write a new story about women's democratic engagement as mentioned in this paper, and the goal of this issue is to honor women’s democratic labor.
Abstract: The centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment offers an opportunity to write a new story about women’s democratic engagement. The goal of this issue is to honor women’s democratic labor ...
TL;DR: Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union, was and still is involved in a number of social justice causes, including voter participation as discussed by the authors, since her days working at the Community S...
Abstract: Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union, was and still is involved in a number of social justice causes, including voter participation. Since her days working at the Community S...
TL;DR: The function and meaning of voting can vary across political systems as discussed by the authors and despite its diffusion as a norm alongside the global spread of political liberalism in the post-colonial period, women's franch...
Abstract: The function and meaning of voting can vary across political systems. Despite its diffusion as a norm alongside the global spread of political liberalism in the post-colonial period, women's franch...
TL;DR: Among the most oft-cited statistics from the 2016 presidential election is that 81 percent of self-identified evangelicals voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as discussed by the authors, which is the highest percentage of any religious group.
Abstract: Among the most oft-cited statistics from the 2016 presidential election is that 81 percent of self-identified evangelicals voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. Scholars and pundits maintain...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present painting publics: Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter, a collection of color photos, many of which were taken by the author, throughout the book.
Abstract: Painting Publics: Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter is beautiful. It is a joy to see color photos, many of which were taken by the author, throughout the book allowing the...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine 19: The Musical, a memorial project that marks the suffrage centennial, and employ an intersectional lens to examine the arguments this memorialization makes about a suff...
Abstract: This essay examines 19: The Musical—a memorial project that marks the suffrage centennial. The author employs an intersectional lens to examine the arguments this memorialization makes about a suff...
TL;DR: The authors identify white supremacist tropes as an important strand in woman suffrage debates and argue that sexualization and themes of home were signals to women to support women's suffrage, and identify white supremacists as a threat to women's rights.
Abstract: Through an analysis of anti-suffrage arguments, I identify white supremacist tropes as an important strand in woman suffrage debates. I argue that sexualization and themes of home were signals to r...
TL;DR: The authors examines the voting rights advocacy of Congress member Barbara C. Jordan and draws on some of Jordan's lesser known speeches, including an address commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
Abstract: This essay examines the voting rights advocacy of Congress member Barbara C. Jordan. Drawing on some of Jordan’s lesser known speeches, including an address commemorating the 75th anniversary of th...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how homeless women produce advocacy to gain full and substantive citizenship, and show that their attempts to gain recognition as full members of the society require them to transf...
Abstract: This essay explores how homeless women produce advocacy to gain full and substantive citizenship. Homeless women's attempts to gain recognition as full members of the society require them to transf...
TL;DR: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1728) offered readers a "taxonomy of knowledge" that lists rhetoric as one of the "forty-seven major areas of the sc...
Abstract: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1728) offered readers a “taxonomy of knowledge” that lists rhetoric as one of the “forty-seven major areas of the sc...
TL;DR: The authors argue that dominant histories of U.S. suffrage have misremembered the history of voting rights legislation as one of steady social progress and multicultural inclusion, and they argue that the history is actually quite different.
Abstract: This piece argues that dominant histories of U.S. suffrage have misremembered the history of voting rights legislation as one of steady social progress and multicultural inclusion. By contrast, I c...
TL;DR: Galaxy Zoo as discussed by the authors uses the online platform to study images of galaxies and classify them based on their spiral arms and shape, and thousands of people have contributed their free time to Galaxy Zoo.
Abstract: Thousands of people have contributed their free time to Galaxy Zoo, using the online platform to study images of galaxies and classify them based on their spiral arms and shape. Galaxy Zoo particip...
TL;DR: Ortiz used profanity in his unscripted message of support for the Boston Marathon bombing heroes during a televised ceremony as mentioned in this paper, and the rhetorical significance of the profanity was discussed.
Abstract: During a televised ceremony celebrating the Boston Marathon bombing heroes, Red Sox star David Ortiz used profanity in his unscripted message of support for the city. The rhetorical significance of...
TL;DR: The presence of new materialism has been felt for some time in rhetorical studies as discussed by the authors, through theoretical considerations of topics as diverse as historiography, animals, microbrews, the QWERTY keyboar, etc.
Abstract: The presence of new materialism has been felt for some time in rhetorical studies. Through theoretical considerations of topics as diverse as historiography, animals, microbrews, the QWERTY keyboar...
TL;DR: In Communication and the Economy: History, Value and Agency, this paper, the authors assemble 12 original essays from 18 communication scholars in order to "offer a number of new c...
Abstract: In Communication and the Economy: History, Value and Agency, editors Joshua S. Hanan and Mark Hayward assemble 12 original essays from 18 communication scholars in order to “offer a number of new c...
TL;DR: This paper used the tragic and sobering story of "comfort women" as an illustrative case study to contribute to the development of invitational rhetorical theory, using the tragic story of 'comfort women' as a case study.
Abstract: This essay aims to contribute to the development of invitational rhetorical theory, using the tragic and sobering story of “comfort women” as an illustrative case study. By focusing on the relative...
TL;DR: Facebook meme groups created by Muslim students at American universities are sites of intensive daily productivity, where members post memes they create, or share memes they find elsewhere, joking and comparing.
Abstract: Facebook meme groups created by Muslim students at American universities are sites of intensive daily productivity, where members post memes they create, or share memes they find elsewhere, joking ...
TL;DR: This article reviewed the edited collection of essays by Flynn and Bourelle, and found that they were the best edited collection I had ever read, and that I expected to read about the live...
Abstract: It seemed like an immense stroke of good fortune when I was asked to review Elizabeth Flynn and Tiffany Bourelle's recent edited collection. As the title suggests, I expected to read about the live...
TL;DR: In this paper, Sowards rhetorical history of labor rights leader Dolores Huerta in iSi, Ella Puede! The Rhetorical Legacy of DoloresHuerta and the United Farm Workers foregrounds the rich, complex, and...
Abstract: Stacey K. Sowards rhetorical history of labor rights leader Dolores Huerta in iSi, Ella Puede! The Rhetorical Legacy of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers foregrounds the rich, complex, and...