Rhetoric and Resilience explores discourse produced about and by the women involved in the World War II era Women Airforce Service Pilots program. Aviators such as Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love provided the initial rhetorical boost to successfully launch the program, while countless other pilots such as Cornelia Fort and Barbara Poole wrote to define the significance of the work the WASP were doing. Despite a formidable amount of concrete evidence in her favor, Cochran was unsuccessful in having WASP militarized. After the program's disbandment in 1944, the women of WASP settled back into civilian life but maintained strong rhetorical bonds which served them greatly in the 1970s campaign for veteran status. Using the lenses of both feminist rhetorical theory and classical rhetoric, this book seeks to recover these rhetorics. The chapters illustrate how the women employed a spectrum of strategies carefully designed to provide a fitting response to those both supportive of and hostile to their labor in the arena of military aviation.
By:
Sara Hillin
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 237mm,
Width: 161mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781666928792
ISBN 10: 1666928798
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter I: Introduction: History of WASP, Literature Review, and Method of Rhetorical Analysis Chapter II: The Emergence of the WASP Program Chapter III: Jacqueline Cochran and the Exigence Surrounding WASP Chapter IV: WASP Take Control: The Avenger, The Order of Fifinella, and Media Portrayal Chapter V: WASP Memoirs: Writing Their Stories Back Into Public Memory Chapter VI: Rhetoric of the Campaigns for WASP Militarization and Veteran Status Chapter VII: The Rhetoric of Rebuilding a Legacy: WASP Program Ends Chapter VIII: Conclusion and Synthesis of How the WASP Program Provides a Crucial Chapter in the History of Women's Rhetorics
Sara Hillin is professor of English at Lamar University.
