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Claiming the bicycle : women, rhetoric, and technology in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Hallenbeck.

By: Hallenbeck, Sarah [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in rhetorics and feminismsPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016Description: 232 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780809334445 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Cycling for women -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Feminism -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Cycling -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Rhetoric -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Sport | SportDDC classification: 796.6'082 Summary: Rarely have writers considered the role of women's rhetorical agency in the transformation of bicycle culture and the bicycle itself. Sarah Hallenbeck argues that through their collective rhetorical activities, women negotiated proper uses for the bicycle, destabilizing cultural assumptions about femininity and gender difference.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rarely have writers considered the role of women's rhetorical agency in the transformation of bicycle culture and the bicycle itself. Sarah Hallenbeck argues that through their collective rhetorical activities, women negotiated proper uses for the bicycle, destabilizing cultural assumptions about femininity and gender difference.

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