Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor is an edited anthology that explores the persona and speech-making of the country s first African American first lady. The result of these thought-provoking essays is an interdisciplinary text that explores the First Lady from a rhetorical and cultural point of view. Authors analyze her Democratic National Convention speeches, her brand as First Lady, her communication from her latest trip to Africa, her agenda rhetoric in Let s Move and Reach Higher, and her coming out as a Black feminist intellectual when she spoke at Maya Angelou s memorial...

This volume examines the complex issues faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. Its multidisciplinary focus will appeal to any scholar interested in communication and gender studies.

This book explores Michelle Obama's rhetoric through rhetorical and cultural analysis. It is useful for graduate courses in communication, as well as disciplines where first lady scholarship is the focus. Concepts such as brand, rhetorical strategy, ethos, persona, audience, black feminist theory, and race history are integral to this contribution.

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