Creative casuistry and feminist consciousness
The rhetoric of moral reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9237494 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Carlson (Arizona State University, corresponding author), A Cheree Carlson |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-32 |
| Publication date | 1992-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335639209383979 |
| OpenAlex | W1976029510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 17 |
The American Female Moral Reform Society was one of the first ante‐bellum reform movements to be founded and controlled by women. This paper examines the rhetoric of the society's primary organ, The Advocate of Moral Reform, to discover how these women justified abandoning their traditional feminine roles to pursue social change. The analysis reveals that through skillful casuistic stretching of the feminine ideal, the women were able to justify non‐traditional actions in the name of traditional values. In so doing, the movement also created a new feminist consciousness that recognized the essential victimage of all women and their power to instigate social change
Aesthetics · Casuistry · Consciousness · Epistemology · Feminism · Ideal (ethics) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Reform movement · Rhetoric · Social movement · Social reform · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2023 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |