Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ449823
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Publication Date: 1992
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Plato's Feminine: Appropriation, Impersonation, and Metaphorical Polemic.
Swearingen, C. Jan
Rhetoric Society Quarterly, v22 n1 p109-23 Win 1992
Argues that Plato's representations of women transmit from previous tradition positive views of feminine activities such as weaving, conceiving, midwifery, giving birth, and nurturing. Asks at what point the discovery of Plato's appropriation of the feminine and female itself becomes appropriate. (SR)
Descriptors: Feminism, Greek Civilization, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Sex Bias
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Language: English
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