{"product_id":"rhetorical-reception-one-hundred-and-fifty-years-of-arguing-with-sex-in-education-paperback","title":"Rhetorical Reception: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Arguing with Sex in Education - 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\u003eCarolyn Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies in Rhetorics and Feminisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors: Cheryl Glenn and Shirley Wilson Logan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e addresses scholars in feminist historiography and theories of rhetoric, as well as scholars in the rhetoric of science and medicine. It is also accessible to readers outside of feminist rhetorical studies, such as women and gender studies or the history of medicine. As Skinner notes, researchers studying the nineteenth century are still arguing about Clarke's text or using Clarke's text as emblematic of nineteenth-century ideologies, so \u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to scholars in women's history as well.-\u003cstrong\u003eWendy Hayden\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eEvolutionary Rhetoric: Sex, Science, and Free Love in Nineteenth-Century Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescription\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e traces commentary on Edward H. Clarke's \u003cem\u003eSex in Education\u003c\/em\u003e (1873) across historical, contemporary, popular, professional, and silent sites of reception. In doing so, \u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e explores the rhetorical uses to which variously positioned readers put their commentary on \u003cem\u003eSex in Education\u003c\/em\u003e, a controversial book that argued that education was a threat to women's health. Rather than merely accepting or rejecting Clarke's claims, receivers used his book as an opportunity to make their own arguments in their own contexts. For example, in their commentary on \u003cem\u003eSex in Education\u003c\/em\u003e, nineteenth-century writers negotiated the expectations for scientific discourse addressed to the public, argued for and against women's rights, asserted professionals' claims to authority and autonomy, and advocated a more \"scientific\" approach to medicine and education. Over one hundred years later, writers were still receiving \u003cem\u003eSex in Education\u003c\/em\u003e, using references to it in Supreme Court decisions and humorous podcasts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e also considers silence as a form of reception, exploring why some potential commentators, including African American women and working-class white women, left almost no record of their reception of \u003cem\u003eSex in Education\u003c\/em\u003e, despite the fact that its call for limits on women's hours at school and work would have affected their education and livelihoods. \u003cem\u003eRhetorical Reception\u003c\/em\u003e argues that reception is an important discursive phenomenon, one that illuminates how rhetoric contributes to social change not primarily through powerful acts of rhetorical production but through the receptive acts of audiences articulating their acceptance, rejection, or transformation of arguments and perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the Author\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e​​Carolyn Skinner\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University at Newark. She has taught courses on histories of rhetoric, women's rhetoric, health and medical rhetoric, and technical writing. Her research examines the development of professional and scientific rhetoric in the nineteenth-century United States, especially medical rhetoric written by or about women; historical women's rhetorical theory; and rhetorical reception. Skinner's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eCollege English\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAdvances in the History of Rhetoric\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTechnical Communication Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRhetoric Society Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRhetoric Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her earlier book, \u003cem\u003eWomen Physicians \u0026amp; Professional Ethos in Nineteenth-Century America\u003c\/em\u003e (Southern Illinois University Press), examines the rhetorical practices of early women medical professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47510257369266,"sku":"9781643175294","price":48.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/V5Y6uRS6T09781643175294.webp?v=1779646020","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rhetorical-reception-one-hundred-and-fifty-years-of-arguing-with-sex-in-education-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}