Radical feminism, writing, and critical agency : from manifesto to modem /

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Author / Creator:Rhodes, Jacqueline, 1965-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 130 pages)
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory
SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Subject:Feminist theory.
Feminism.
Radicalism.
Théorie féministe.
Féminisme.
Radicalisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Radicalism.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141218
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ISBN:1423743628
9781423743620
0791462919
9780791462911
0791462927
9780791462928
9780791484104
0791484106
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-125) and index.
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Summary:"This book traces the intersection of radical feminism, composition, and print culture in order to address a curious gap in feminist composition studies: the manifesto-writing, collaborative-action-taking radical feminists of the 1960s and 1970s. Long before contemporary debates over essentialism, radical feminist groups questioned both what it was to be a woman and to perform womanhood, and a key part of that questioning took the form of very public, very contentious texts by such writers and groups as Shulamith Firestone, the Redstockings, and WITCH (the Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell). Rhodes explores how these radical women's texts have been silenced in contemporary rhetoric and composition, and compares their work to that of contemporary online activists, finding that both point to a "network literacy" that blends ever-shifting identities with ever-changing technologies in order to take action. Ultimately, Rhodes argues, the articulation of radical feminist textuality can benefit both scholarship and classroom as it situates writers as rhetorical agents who can write, resist, and finally act within a network of discourses and identifications."--Jacket
Other form:Print version: Rhodes, Jacqueline, 1965- Radical feminism, writing, and critical agency. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005 0791462919 0791462927
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Rhodes (English, California State Univ., San Bernardino) brings together the best and brightest feminist theories and the historicizing practices of poststructuralist thought to provide both a history of feminist thought in the last half of the 20th century and a consideration of the ways in which that history has impacted the teaching of academic writing in higher education in the US. This is no mean feat, and it is well and reasonably executed. Rhodes argues that the historical connection, once traced, will provide an avenue for current and future theories of composition and rhetoric for those interested in empowering student writers and teachers of student writers. The connection that Rhodes makes between the development of a social voice for women in the US and the rhetorical need for voice in student writers is compelling. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. L. Antonette East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

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