Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory

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Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): WAVELAND PRESS
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Summary

With a broad conceptualization of rhetorical scholarship and theory in mind, editors Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin have compiled essays and readings by feminist theorists whose work has relevance for rhetorical theory. This volume introduces readers to multiple feminist voices and perspectives and contextualizes theory as a way of framing experiences and events. The editors provide readers with an inclusive, accessible collection of readings by key contemporary feminist theorists as well as spirited, approachable introductions to their work and their lives.Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory features and pays homage to the work of nine influential theorists: Cheris Kramarae, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa, Mary Daly, Starhawk, Paula Gunn Allen, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Sally Miller Gearhart, and Sonia Johnson. As the editors explain in their Introduction, these feminist theorists are featured because they have sufficiently large bodies of work that constitute coherent theories about communication or rhetoric and contribute to the re-conceptualization and transformation of rhetorical constructs and theories.The editors introduce each theorist historically and conceptually through a brief biography and a discussion of the key ideas in the pieces selected. The works of each theorist· represent the general content and form of the theorist's body of work;· span the time period over which the theorist has been writing, tracing the evolution of her ideas;· directly address concerns relevant to rhetorical theory or symbol use;· vary in terms of types of work (essays, poems, short stories) to capture the range of each theorist's genre.Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory is ideal for students in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Communication Studies, Women's Studies, and English and is an excellent companion volume to Feminist Rhetorical Theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
1. Introducing Feminist Rhetorical Scholarship
1(6)
2. Introduction to Cheris Kramarce
7(38)
2.1 Proprietors of Language
9(10)
2.2 Women as a Muted Group
19(8)
2.3 A Visiting Scholar
27(7)
2.4 Do We Really Want More Control of Technology?
34(5)
2.5 Feminist Theories of Communication
39(6)
3. Introduction to bell hooks
45(30)
3.1 Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression
47(10)
3.2 Feminist Politicization: A Comment
57(6)
3.3 Back to the Avant-Garde: The Progressive Vision
63(8)
3.4 Design: A Happening Life
71(4)
4. Introduction to Gloria Anzaldúa
75(30)
4.1 Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers
77(8)
4.2 La conciencia de la mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness
85(12)
4.3 Del otro lado
97(3)
4.4 Beyond Traditional Notions of Identity
100(5)
5. Introduction to Mary Daly
105(36)
5.1 A Call for the Castration of Sexist Religion
107(12)
5.2 Gyn/Ecology: Spinning New Time/Space
119(4)
5.3 Sin Big
123(7)
5.4 Spiraling into the Nineties
130(11)
6. Introduction to Starhawk
141(38)
6.1 Witchcraft as Goddess Religion
143(6)
6.2 Truth or Dare
149(13)
Magic and Its Uses
149(2)
The Three Types of Power
151(2)
Roots of the Three Types of Power
153(9)
6.3 Ritual as Bonding: Action as Ritual
162(8)
6.4 The Spiral Dance
170(5)
6.5 Roundtable Discussion: Backlash
175(4)
7. Introduction to Paula Gunn Allen
179(34)
7.1 All the Good Indians
181(3)
7.2 Grandmother of the Sun: Ritual Gynocracy in Native America
184(15)
7.3 Some Like Indians Endure
199(5)
7.4 Essentially, It's Spring
204(2)
7.5 Haggles
206(7)
8. Introduction to Trinh T. Minh-ha
213(26)
8.1 Not You/Like You: Post-Colonial Women and the Interlocking Questions of Identity and Difference
215(5)
8.2 Yellow Sprouts
220(5)
8.3 The Totalizing Quest of Meaning
225(14)
9. Introduction to Sally Miller Gearhart
239(32)
9.1 The Womanization of Rhetoric
241(7)
9.2 The Gatherstretch
248(11)
9.3 The Chipko
259(7)
9.4 Notes from a Recovering Activist
266(5)
10. Introduction to Sonia Johnson 271(42)
10.1 The Bursting of the File
273(9)
10.2 Who's Afraid of the Supreme Court?
282(12)
10.3 Ship Ahoy
294(3)
10.4 Meet My Needs, Make Me Happy
297(7)
10.5 The Bears and Anarchy
304(9)
Index 313(6)
About the Editors 319

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