A Feminist Legacy
The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Gertrude Buck
Bordelon, Suzanne
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
The first book-length investigation of a pioneering English professor and theorist at Vassar College, A Feminist Legacy: The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Gertrude Buck explores Bucks contribution to the fields of education and rhetoric during the Progressive Era. By contextualizing Bucks academic and theoretical work within the rise of womens educational institutions like Vassar College, the social and political movement toward suffrage, and Bucks own egalitarian political and social ideals, Suzanne Bordelon offers a scholarly and well-informed treatment of Bucks achievements that elucidates the historical and contemporary impact of her work and life.Bordelon argues that while Buck did not call herself a feminist, she embodied feminist ideals by demanding the full participation of her female students and by challenging power imbalances at every academic, social, and political level.A Feminist Legacy reveals that Vassar College is an undervalued but significant site in the history of womens argumentation and pedagogy. Drawing on a rich variety of archival sources, including previously unexamined primary material, A Feminist Legacy traces the beginnings of feminist theories of argumentation and pedagogy and their lasting legacy within the fields of education and rhetoric.
AUTHOR BIO
Suzanne Bordelon is an assistant professor of rhetoric and writing studies at San Diego State University.
BOOK REVIEWS
A Feminist Legacy is a serious and well-informed treatment of an important teacher and textbook writer. A particular joy of this study is in its movement beyond Gertrude Bucks better known achievements to a consideration of her political and social involvements, to the meaning behind her approach to argumentation.Katherine Adams, Loyola University New Orleans
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ISBN: 0809328992
ISBN(13-digit): 9780809328994
Dewey Decimal: 808
Book Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 241
Paper Weight (lb): 0.16 lb
