Feminist communication theory : selections in context / Lana F. Rakow, Laura A. Wackwitz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rakow, Lana F.

Wackwitz, Laura A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Communication criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [2004]

Summary:

Feminist Communication Theory is a book "of" and "for" feminist communication theorists, providing the potential to help individuals understand the human condition, name personal experiences and engage these experiences through storytelling, and give useful strategies for achieving justice. Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz examine the work of feminist theorists over the past two decades who have challenged traditional communication theory, contributing to the development of feminist communication theory by identifying its important contours, shortcomings, and promise. Feminist Communication Theory is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on feminist communication, gender and communication, communication theory, speech, rhetoric, and mass communication. The book will also be of interest to feminist scholars in a variety of disciplines, as well as students

Contents:

Feminist Communication Theory: An Introduction / Laura A. Wackwitz, Lana F. Rakow 1

Part 1 Difference 11

Difference in Feminist Communication Theory / Lana F. Rakow, Laura A. Wackwitz 13

Reading 1 Who is Your Mother? Red Roots of White Feminism / Paula Gunn Allen 29

Reading 2 The Necessity of Differences: Constructing a Positive Category of Women / Marilyn Frye 38

Reading 3 Reconciling Equality to Difference: Caring (F)or Justice For People with Disabilities / Anita Silvers 53

Reading 4 Becoming Post Colonial: African Women Changing the Meaning of Citizenship / Patricia McFadden 73

Reading 5 On the Logic of Pluralist Feminism / Maria C. Lugones 83

Part 2 Voice 91

Voice in Feminist Communication Theory / Lana F. Rakow, Laura A. Wackwitz 93

Reading 6 "The Grace of Form": Class Unconsciousness and an American Writer / Linda McCarriston 111

Reading 7 "For Every Gesture of Loyalty, There Doesn't Have to be a Betrayal": Asian American Criticism and the Politics of Locality / Leslie Bow 121

Reading 8 Speaking the Corn into Being / Diane Glancy 139

Reading 9 Touching the Air: The Cultural Force of Women in Chile / Catherine M. Boyle 143

Reading 10 Love of the Other / Luce Irigaray 159

Part 3 Representation 169

Representation in Feminist Communication Theory / Lana F. Rakow, Laura A. Wackwitz 171

Reading 11 Real and Imagined Women: Politics and/or Representation / Rajeswari Sunder Rajan 187

Reading 12 Negative Images: Towards a Black Feminist Cultural Criticism / Michelle Wallace 203

Reading 13 The Technology of Gender / Teresa de Lauretis 214

Reading 14 Images, Ideology, and Women of Color / Leith Mullings 237

Reading 15 Democracy Without Women is No Democracy: Women's Struggles in Postcommunist Russia / Elizabeth Waters, Anastasia Posadskaya 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761919791

0761919805

OCLC:

55008337