1st Edition

The Rhetorics of Feminism Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press

By Lynne Pearce Copyright 2004
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

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