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Abstract:
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Congruent with the second wave of feminism and continuing into the 1990s , a group of feminist compositionists felt that argument should not have a major , if any , place in the feminist classroom and began to redefine , revision , and reposition argument . With a rhetorician’s bias , this report looks at one articulation of why they turned away from argument—Sally Miller Gearhart’s claim that “any intent to persuade is an act of violence”— , what they turned to , some critique surrounding their approaches and theories , and how a broader understanding of rhetoric and the role of agonism in rhetoric and education can add depth to the feminist approach . |