Language and liberation : feminism, philosophy, and language / edited by Christina Hendricks and Kelly Oliver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hendricks, Christina.

Oliver, Kelly, 1958-

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Sex differences.

Language and languages.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

vii, 402 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]

Summary:

Presenting new and important scholarship in feminist language theory, this book addresses issues within diverse traditions, bringing together feminist positions, strategies, and styles in an original way. Gathering together authors with different backgrounds and methods, Language and Liberation puts this diverse scholarship into dialogue.

The questions and concerns reflected in these essays are presented within the context of their historical background, provided by the editors' comprehensive Introduction. These questions include: Is there a distinction between "female" and "male" language? What is the relationship of feminine/feminist identity to language? What is the value of metaphor for feminist theory and practice?

Contents:

Introduction: How to Do (Feminist) Things With Words / Christina Hendricks, Kelly Oliver 1

Part 1 The Power of Words: Changing Meanings, Changing Social Spaces

1. Derogatory Terms: Racism, Sexism, and the Inferential Role Theory of Meaning / Lynne Tirrell 41

2. Discourse Competence: Or How to Theorize Strong Women Speakers / Sara Mills 81

3. Surviving to Speak New Language: Mary Daly and Adrienne Rich / Jane Hedley 99

4. From Revolution to Liberation: Transforming Hysterical Discourse into Analytic Discourse / Georganna Ulary 129

Part 2 The Power to Speak: Who Is Speaking, from Where?

5. Disarticulated Voices: Feminism and Philomela / Elissa Marder 149

6. Confessional Feminisms: Rhetorical Dimensions of First-Person Theorizing / Susan David Bernstein 173

7. The Postcolonial Critic: Shifting Subjects, Changing Paradigms / Sangeeta Ray 207

Part 3 The Power of Masculinist Metaphors: Words That Keep Women in Place

8. Sublime Impersonation: The Rhetoric of Personification in Kant / Natalie Alexander 243

9. Frege's Metaphors / Andrea Nye 271

10. Free Gift or Forced Figure? Derrida's Usage of Hymen in "The Double Session" / Roberta Weston 299

Part 4 The Power of Feminist Metaphors: Words That Open Spaces for Women

11. At the Limits of Discourse: Heterogeneity, Alterity, and the Maternal Body in Kristeva's Thought / Ewa Ptonowska Ziarek 323

12. Writing (into) the Symbolic: The Maternal Metaphor in Helene Cixous / Lisa Walsh 347

13. Language and the Space of the Feminine: Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray / Cynthia Baker 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791440516

0791440524

OCLC:

39256598