{"product_id":"the-erotic-as-rhetorical-power-archives-of-romantic-friendship-between-women-teachers-paperback","title":"The Erotic as Rhetorical Power: Archives of Romantic Friendship Between Women Teachers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePamela Vanhaitsma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotic as Rhetorical Power \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a queer feminist history of rhetoric that recovers the civic contributions of women teachers in same-sex romantic friendships. Extending perspectives from ancient rhetoric to nineteenth-century progressivism, from Audre Lorde's Black lesbian feminist theory to its present-day uptakes, Pamela VanHaitsma conceives of the erotic as an interanimation of desires that, in being passionately shared, becomes imbued with the power to forge connection and foment change. VanHaitsma's theory of the erotic as rhetorical power emerges from both historiographic and imaginative engagements with more than twenty archives of romantic friendships between women: Sallie Holley and Caroline Putnam, Irene Leache and Anna Wood, Gertrude Buck and Laura Wylie, and Rebecca Primus and Addie Brown. VanHaitsma considers how even as the erotic in these romantic friendships fueled the women's rhetorical activities toward transformational ends--whether working toward the abolition of slavery, greater educational access, or voting rights--it also energized rhetorical activities that sometimes challenged but also reinforced troubling power dynamics. \u003ci\u003eThe Erotic as Rhetorical Power\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the erotic's significance as a conflicted site of power that is central to rhetorical theory and history as well as feminist and LGBTQ+ studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePamela VanHaitsma is Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eQueering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age: A Rhetorical Education.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45539298836582,"sku":"9780814259245","price":68.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/0lF3rJ7eak9780814259245.webp?v=1776865625","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-erotic-as-rhetorical-power-archives-of-romantic-friendship-between-women-teachers-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}