Platform, Podium, and Public Life: Rhetorical Resilience in the Career of Elocutionist Edna Sutherland.

Autor:	Kearns, Judith
Předmět:	ELOCUTIONISTS WOMEN RHETORIC -- History ELOCUTION education DEANS of women MANNERS & customs
Zdroj:	American Review of Canadian Studies; Dec2015, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p486-507, 22p
Abstrakt:	This article extends recent scholarship on women’s rhetorical education and practices, which has focused primarily on the experiences of American women, by analyzing the career of Canadian elocutionist Edna Sutherland (1869–1956). Despite the tendency in Canada’s postsecondary institutions to marginalize public speaking instruction as a merely “practical” concern, Sutherland pursued a 35-year academic career, teaching voice culture and becoming Dean of Women successively at the University of Manitoba and Manitoba College. The article examines her negotiation of local circumstances to achieve this success as an instance of rhetorical resilience. Ultimately, Sutherland’s performative abilities complemented her private and college teaching, while the cultural authority she gained as a result supported her contributions to public life, many focused on opportunities for women. The article considers as well how American and British influences on her advocacy for speech training may reflect broader national trends. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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