"A Selection of Sacred Hymns": Singing Women into Citizenship in Zion
Drawing on Karlyn Kohrs Campbell’s theories of agency and of feminine style as well as Kenneth Burke’s theory of form, this thesis uses close textual analysis and coding to examine the rhetorical strategies Smith employed in the hymnal’s preface and in the organization of the Sacred Hymns section. The analysis reveals the hymnal’s recurring themes as well as the ideas it circulates about sex, gender, agency, and community inclusion/exclusion. It also uncovers tension between Smith’s and Phelps’ priorities for the hymnal, particularly in how Smith and Phelps characterize those who should and should not be included with equal authority in Zion, the ideal community the Latter-day Saints sought to build.]]>autLundwall, RachelthsGoggin, Maureen DalydgcBoyd, Patricia WebbdgcBrouwer, Daniel C.pblArizona State UniversityengMasters Thesis English 2019https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.5350900Masters ThesisAcademic theses103 pages115579411081630032421157085systemIn Copyright20192021-05-01T09:02:48TextRhetoricWomen's StudiesReligious historyEmma Smithfeminine styleformhymnalRhetorical AgencyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints