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A Grammar of Consubstantiality: A Burkean Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Third-Person Identity Constitution in Science-Fiction Television

Chambers, Leslie Ann B
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5397-2028
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu152068821804109

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English.
Rhetoric and feminism have historically been seen as having little to do with each other. This dissertation seeks to illuminate commonalities between rhetoric and feminism by demonstrating how Burkean identification operates as a pivotal link between the two. It argues that Burkean identification allows for an articulation of how to use the claims we make about who we are to create the kind of transformation feminism is interested in encouraging. It does so by elucidating the relationship between feminist rhetorical principles and Burkean thought through the analysis of third-person identity constitution—a three-step process through which the audience is encouraged to identify with a third-person Other. Each step of that process is demonstrated through the rhetorical analysis of science-fiction television series that use third-person identity constitution to constructively transform the perception of the third-person Other and to encourage the audience to adopt the feminist rhetorical principles that led to that changed perception. These analyses reveal the significant role Burkean identification can play in developing a constructively transformative and feminist rhetoric as well as the important tool science fiction can be for feminist rhetoric.
Nan Johnson (Advisor)
James Fredal (Committee Member)
Sean O'Sullivan (Committee Member)
231 p.
Rhetoric
rhetoric; feminism; science fiction; television; Kenneth Burke; invitational rhetoric; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel; Firefly; Dollhouse; Farscape; Battlestar Galactica; constitutive rhetoric, identification; consubstantiality; terministic screen

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  • Chambers, L. A. B. (2018). A Grammar of Consubstantiality: A Burkean Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Third-Person Identity Constitution in Science-Fiction Television [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu152068821804109

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chambers, Leslie. A Grammar of Consubstantiality: A Burkean Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Third-Person Identity Constitution in Science-Fiction Television . 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu152068821804109.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chambers, Leslie. "A Grammar of Consubstantiality: A Burkean Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Third-Person Identity Constitution in Science-Fiction Television ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu152068821804109

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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