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Using affective and feminist materialist approaches to rhetorical criticism

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The Shield of the Weak Barbara E. Reid why some theories change orThis study traces women's political activism and state formation in Uruguay during the first three decades of the twentieth century, highlighting the connections and the dialogues between these two processes. Prior to the military dictatorship of the 1970s, Uruguay's political and social policies were considered a model for other Latin American countries to emulate. In addition to being an ideal democracy, it formulated the region's most advanced