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Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

Creator:

Wright, Amanda R.

Abstract:

American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...

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Masters Thesis

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approved: _______________________________________________________________ Mark Porrovecchio
Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Creator:

Coffey, Kimberly Ann

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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Movement Abstract approved: Mark P. Moore The purpose of this study is to examine