Pure persuasion
A case study of Nüshu or “women's script” discourses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9237997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lin‐Lee Lee (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 403-421 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/0033563042000302162 |
| OpenAlex | W2068116592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay examines Kenneth Burke's puzzling work on pure persuasion to suggest that pure persuasion has four characteristics, that it is: (1) primarily consummatory in purpose or becomes instrumental or resistant indirectly or secondarily; (2) a near relation of dramatic performance, ritual, and prayer; (3) creates and maintains identity; and (4) relies on form—formal elements are essential to its enactment. This essay argues that an unusual body of discourse, Nüshu, an allegedly thousand‐year‐old phonetic transcription of Jiangyong dialect articulated in a variety of texts sung and chanted by rural women over their needlework on red cloth, handkerchiefs, and fans in a remote area of China, may be an exemplar of discourse with many characteristics of Burke's pure persuasion
Persuasion · Sociology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |