Sonja K. Foss: Invitational Rhetoric as a Feminist Challenge to the Rhetorical Tradition

In this essay, Sonja K. Foss is interviewed by Helene A. Shugart about invitational rhetoric, a form of rhetoric rooted in feminist principles that challenges the classical rhetorical tradition’s focus on persuasion. She begins by describing key events that led to her interest in both rhetoric and f...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aad,
Main Authors: Foss, Sonja K., Shugart, Helene A.
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Argumentation et analyse du discours 2024
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Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:In this essay, Sonja K. Foss is interviewed by Helene A. Shugart about invitational rhetoric, a form of rhetoric rooted in feminist principles that challenges the classical rhetorical tradition’s focus on persuasion. She begins by describing key events that led to her interest in both rhetoric and feminism and notes the feminist and rhetorical contexts in which invitational rhetoric developed. She explains the key tenets and assumptions of invitational rhetoric and its reception in the communication discipline and provides some real world applications of the theory. She offers another example of a project in which she integrates feminism and rhetoric – her theorizing of two paradigms of change – and concludes by suggesting how she applies in her own life some of the major concepts that emerged from her integration of feminism and rhetoric.