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Peer reviewedLay, Mary M.; And Others – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1996
Applies and tests Foucault's theories about local centers of power and knowledge by rhetorically analyzing a Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group. Illustrates how knowledge may be produced/suppressed and how a rhetor may become empowered by projecting negative traits upon the "other." Demonstrates how some traditional midwives…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discourse Analysis, Obstetrics, Power Structure
