Rethinking Ethos

A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric

Edited by Kathleen J. Ryan, Nancy Myers and Rebecca Jones

Series: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms

320 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in, 8 illustrations

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9780809334940
Published: 06/03/2016

$50.00

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9780809334957
Published: 06/03/2016

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Contributors

Preface

Introduction: Identifying Feminist Ecological Ethe
Kathleen J. Ryan, Nancy Myers, and Rebecca Jones

Part One. Ethe as Interruption-Interrupting

1. A Reformer Rides: Radical Photographic Ethos in Frances E. Willard's A Wheel within a Wheel
Kristie S. Fleckenstein

2. Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Ethos
Valerie Palmer-Mehta

3. The Unavailable Means of Persuasion: A Queer Ethos for Feminist Writers and Teachers
Stacey Waite

4. Changing Audience, Changing Ethos
Beth Daniell and Letizia Guglielmo

Part Two. Ethe as Advocacy-Advocating

5. Ethos as a Social Act: The “Unauthorized” Susanna Wesley
Lynée Lewis Gaillet

6. Hospitality as Kenosis: Dorothy Day’s Voluntary Poverty
Sean Barnette

7. Powerlessness Re-purposed: The Feminist Ethos of Judy Bonds
Mary Beth Pennington

8. Strategically Negotiating Essence: Zitkala-Ša’s Ethos as Activist
Paige A. Conley

Part Three. Ethe as Relation-Relating

9. Ethos Righted: Transnational Feminist Analytics
Wendy S. Hesford

10. Working With and Working For: Ethos and Power in Women’s Writing
Risa Applegarth

11. Creating Contemplative Spaces: Ethos as Presence and the Rhetorics of Yoga
Christy I. Wenger

12. Conocimiento as a Path to Ethos: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Networked Rhetoric
Kendall Leon and Stacey Pigg

Afterwords

Contributors

"Ryan, Myers, and Jones put together a collection of essays that speaks to feminist theorists, writers, and educators and encourages them to think, collaborate, and teach in ways that acknowledge the ecological nature of ethos. The fluidity and self-reflectivity allowed in this approach to ethos grants space for responsible academic spaces. However, the power of this collection may be even greater than its academic implications. In a time marked by political division and ineffective communication, this group of essays provides a lens through which to imagine interruption and advocacy as methods that create relationships rather than divisions."—Brittany Knutson, Rhetoric & Public Affairs

“This important collection contributes to new theories of ethos as a fluid, negotiated, place-based concept, illustrating how ethos can and does shift according to the rhetors involved, the exigency, and the time, place, and occasion of speaking or writing. Contributors to the volume include a range of established and emerging scholars who together present important new theories and case studies of feminist ethos.”—Gesa Kirsch, coauthor of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies

“Rethinking Ethos enacts its theoretical foundation brilliantly and seamlessly: this collection interrupts stale and static notions of what constitutes ethos, it advocates for a capacious yet rigorous definition of feminist ethē, and it relates not only to our scholarship but also to our teaching, professional, and personal lives.”—Kate J. Ronald, Miami University

"This edited collection brings together a variety of important lines of inquiry, reaffirming the centrality of ethos to rhetorical study and its importance especially for women and other marginalized groups. Readers interested in questions of gender and ethos will not be disappointed with the robust analysis, challenging questions posed for our teaching practices, and untapped potential of alternative research methodologies. This book’s insights suggest exciting future research into women, ethos, and ecology. This research will be important for not only feminist rhetorical studies but rhetorical studies generally, for Rethinking Ethos shows, as its subtitle suggests, how rhetoric “goes green.” —Timothy Ballingall, Rhetoric Review

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