Title
The feminization of liberty, domesticated virtue, and the reconstitution of power and authority in early American political discourse
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1993
Publication Title
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Department
Communication Studies
Abstract
In 1980, Michael McGee suggested that power is “feminized” to produce liberty. This study rearranges the terms of McGee's equation in order to describe and analyze the shifting terrain of early American political discourse. The essay seeks to reconstruct the metaphorical and discursive processes that led from the feminization of liberty to a political culture organized by the practices of “virtuous power.”
ISSN
0033-5630
WorldCat Link
Citation
Jasinski, James. "The Feminization of Liberty, Domesticated Virtue, and the Reconstitution of Power and Authority in Early American Political Discourse." Quarterly Journal of Speech. 79.2 (1993): 146-164. Print.