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Weaners and Losers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Advisory Breastfeeding Websites

Watkins, Emily M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1557235307320322

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2019, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
This rhetorical analysis examines a selection of weaning advisory articles on BabyCenter and KellyMom websites. Within this analysis, I employ Interpretive Thematic Analysis in order to identify rhetoric that contains praise or blame language. I conclude that several prominent rhetorical themes exist: language that denies agency to mothers, prioritizes child-led weaning, and subordinates the health and emotional needs of the mother.
Margaret Strain (Advisor)
Tereza Szeghi (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Potter (Committee Member)
73 p.
Linguistics; Literature; Rhetoric; Womens Studies

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  • Watkins, E. M. (2019). Weaners and Losers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Advisory Breastfeeding Websites [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1557235307320322

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Watkins, Emily. Weaners and Losers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Advisory Breastfeeding Websites. 2019. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1557235307320322.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Watkins, Emily. "Weaners and Losers: A Rhetorical Analysis of Advisory Breastfeeding Websites." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1557235307320322

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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