Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor

Natalle, Elizabeth J. (Editor)/ Simon, Jenni (Editor)/ Brunson, Deborah A. (Contributor)/ Griffin, Rachel Alicia (Contributor)/ Hanson, Trudy L. (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1498524346 / ISBN 13: 9781498524346

Published by Lexington Books, 2017

About this Item

157 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498524346
• ISBN 13: 9781498524346
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.25 kilograms

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Synopsis

Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor is an edited anthology that explores the persona and speech-making of the country’s first African American first lady. The result of these thought-provoking essays is an interdisciplinary text that explores the First Lady from a rhetorical and cultural point of view. Authors analyze her Democratic National Convention speeches, her brand as First Lady, her communication from her latest trip to Africa, her agenda rhetoric in Let’s Move! and Reach Higher, and her coming out as a Black feminist intellectual when she spoke at Maya Angelou’s memorial service. Readers will recognize Michelle Obama as a rhetor of our times—a woman who influences America at the intersections of gender, race, and class and who is representative of what women are today.

About the Authors

Jeanne M. Persuit is assistant professor of communication at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

Tammy R. Vigil is associate professor of communication and senior associate dean of the College of Communication at Boston University.