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Toward Rhetorical Harmony: Feminist Musical Rhetorical Criticism and Possibilities for Contesting Rape Logic.

Authors :
Herring, Kristen D.
Source :
Western Journal of Communication. Mar/Apr2024, Vol. 88 Issue 2, p436-454. 19p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Music is a visceral experience. It allows audiences to feel its message in and through their bodies. In this essay, I bring together the rhetorical concepts of viscerality and harmony to offer a new approach to feminist musical rhetorical criticism. I argue that recording artists ROES and Sia produce rhetorical harmony by performing and inciting viscerality in "Battle Cry," and that rhetorical harmony exists when connections are made across difference for social change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10570314
Volume :
88
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Western Journal of Communication
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176073505
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2023.2189526