The Rhetorics of Feminism

Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press

• Author(s): Lynne Pearce,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 1135141819
  ISBN_13: 9781135141813
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Women's Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Gender Studies , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory ,

Description:... 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.