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Carlson, A. Cheree – 1988
The Know-Nothing party of the 1850s was the first nativist party in American politics to gain importance and serves as an exemplar of how cultural nativism may be captured and turned toward political goals. The resurgence of nativist sentiment in the Know-Nothing era provides an excellent example of a rhetorical situation which seriously…
Descriptors: Catholics, Discourse Analysis, Immigrants, Patriotism
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Carlson, A. Cheree – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1988
Shows how the rhetoric of selected woman humorists from 1820 to 1880 exemplifies the operation of various comic literary reference frames. Asserts that their comic frame disintegrated because these writers were unable to foster identification between females and males and failed to provide a world view that could accommodate social change. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Authors, Comedy, Females