College English, Vol. 61, No. 5, May 1999

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• Rhetoric, Feminism, and the Politics of Textual Ownership

  Andrea Abernethy Lunsford

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  Abstract: Suggests that moves to dispersed authorship signal not a challenge to the old ideology of authorship, but rather its appropriation for commercial ends. Identifies alternatives to this appropriation and explains why embracing these alternatives is important. Concludes that scholars of rhetoric and composition need to identify, theorize, practice, and teach alternative forms of subjectivity and alternative modes of ownership.

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• The Speaker Respoken: Material Rhetoric as Feminist Methodology

  Vicki Tolar Collins

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  Abstract: Presents a methodology based on the concept of "material rhetoric" that can help scholars avoid problems as they reclaim women's historical texts. Defines material rhetoric and positions it theoretically in relation to other methodologies, including bibliographical studies, reception theory, and established feminist methodologies. Illustrates feminist use of material rhetoric through a study of "The Account of Hester Ann Rogers."

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• Rescuing the Archives from Foucault

  Linda Ferreira-Buckley

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  Abstract: Calls for historians of rhetoric to return to the archives. Argues that it is the neglect of training graduate students in standard research methodologies that prevents the field from writing "better" histories of rhetoric. Argues for archival training similar to that given to graduate students in history departments, training tailored to recovering the history of rhetorical practices and instruction.

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• Reading Typos: Reading Archives

  Steven Mailloux

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  Abstract: Discusses the topic of reading typographical errors as an example of archival work. Suggests that reading typos is a practice within textual scholarship which is a rather venerable if now somewhat overshadowed tradition of humanistic research and pedagogy. Begins with two examples of typo reading and then presents some general claims about editing as a paradigm for critical interpretation.

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• A Rhetorical Stance on the Archives of Civic Action

  Thomas P. Miller and Melody Bowdon

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  Abstract: Contextualizes the rhetorical archive and moves beyond composition to the traditions of civic discourse, classical rhetorical theory, and moral philosophy. Wonders what kind of archive of actual historical practices would enable rhetoricians to confirm or qualify the existence of a genuine tradition of civic discourse.

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• Archivists with an Attitude: Rethinking Our Archive: A Beginning

  John C. Brereton

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• POEMS

  Alan Feldman, Donna Biffar, Aidan Rooney-Céspedes, Bob Brooks, James Reiss

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• REVIEWS: Using Postmodern Histories of Rhetoric

  Susan C. Jarratt

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• REVIEWS: Gender and the Teaching Underclass

  Roxanne Mountford

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• COMMENT & RESPONSE: A COMMENT ON “METHODS, TRUTHS, REASONS”

  Gorman/Porter; Lauer/Olson & Drew/Editor

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