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Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America

Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America

Smith, Leslie Dorrough

Hardcover

Series: AAR Academy

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0199337500
ISBN13: 9780199337507
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 2 2014
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Scholars who study the Christian Right often claim that the movement's distinction lies in its moral absolutism and religious fervor. Through a detailed study of the sexually-charged rhetoric of one of America's largest conservative women's organizations, Concerned Women for America (CWA), Righteous Rhetoric argues that the absolute platforms for which CWA is known are not the linchpin of its political power. Rather, such absolutes are the byproduct of a more fundamental rhetorical process called chaos rhetoric, a type of speech designed to create a heightened sense of social chaos and threat.

In response, CWA is able to flexibly counter this negative emotion by crafting a positive identity for itself, shifting in ways that are politically advantageous in the tumultuous cultural contests that occur over sex, gender, and reproduction. However powerful this technique may prove, Righteous Rhetoric demonstrates that chaos rhetoric is not unique to CWA, but is a ubiquitous tactic used by almost all groups in the fight for social dominance.

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