The Rhetorics of Feminism: Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press / Edition 1

by Lynne Pearce

Overview

Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is made? Through a close stylistic and rhetorical analysis of contemporary feminist writing - from the cultural theory of Judith Butler to the popular journalism of Naomi Wolf and Germaine Greer - Lynne Pearce demonstrates how feminist thought is created as well as communicated through the frameworks in which it is presented. By linking rhetorical innovation with feminist epistemology in such a direct way, this is a book that will be of immense methodological as well as theoretical interest to readers, providing valuable insight into the often mysterious processes of conception and composition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415281829
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/25/2003
Series:	Transformations
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

Lynne Pearce is Professor in Literary Theory and Women's Writing at the University of Lancaster.

Table of Contents

Part I - Pronouns 1. Im/personal Pronouns 2. First Person Personal 3. First Person Strategic Part II - Arguments 4. Writing the Body - or Not 5. Hypothesising in the Feminine 6. Queer Stories and Troubled Testimonies