Quote: "In addition to making texts available and correcting rhetorical history, still another goal of this project is to make it clear that the rhetoric of women must be studied if we are to understand human symbolization in all its variety and to identify touchstones that illustrate the peaks of human symbolic creativity"
Question: Similarly to Glenn, Campbell expresses a desire to 're-map' rhetorical history. Do you think the struggles of women should be included in this mapping? Do you think women's exclusion from practicing rhetoric has shaped us into the orators we are today?
To an extent I think women's history has shaped us into the orators we are today. I feel people have learned what has worked in advocating for their rights and what hadn't worked from the past, so I believe women's exclusion has influenced their rhetoric in that way. I don't like the idea of mapping/remapping. I think it could get messy and potentially make circumstances worse by misinterpreting how women felt as a whole. I think women's history in general, which includes their struggles and lack of involvement in early rhetorical history due to being silenced, should be included in rhetorical history, however, I don't particularly like the idea of remapping as a whole.
ReplyDeleteTo an extent I think women's history has shaped us into the orators we are today. I feel people have learned what has worked in advocating for their rights and what hadn't worked from the past, so I believe women's exclusion has influenced their rhetoric in that way. I don't like the idea of mapping/remapping. I think it could get messy and potentially make circumstances worse by misinterpreting how women felt as a whole. I think women's history in general, which includes their struggles and lack of involvement in early rhetorical history due to being silenced, should be included in rhetorical history, however, I don't particularly like the idea of remapping as a whole.
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