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OverviewShowing how both feminist and anti-feminist arguments work, and providing tools for social justice and changing civic life Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barbara TomlinsonPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781439902479ISBN 10: 143990247 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 07 May 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis scholarly, original approach provides feminists with a viable means to 'turn hegemony on its head'; by using arguments designed to silence and ridicule them into arenas that reveal gendered power and its working, women can effect broad-ranging change. Summing Up: Highly recommended. - Choice """To build the scene of her own argument, Tomlinson compiles a compelling archive, with texts ranging from Dr. Laura's antifeminist rants on her radio show to Professor Edward Shil's commentary on civility, from Patricia J. Williams's The Alchemy of Race and Rights to the Biology and Gender Study Group's text 'The Importance of Feminist Critique for Contemporary Cell Biology.' This multidisciplinary archive is the greatest strength of Tomlinson's book... [F]eminist scholars and rhetoricians interested in the affective dimensions of the politics of containment will find her book useful. Indeed, the dynamic range of texts to which Tomlinson turns her attention and the important feminist questions of power and voice her readings address carry the project and engage the reader who becomes drawn in by the scene of argument."" Signs" To build the scene of her own argument, Tomlinson compiles a compelling archive, with texts ranging from Dr. Laura's antifeminist rants on her radio show to Professor Edward Shil's commentary on civility, from Patricia J. Williams's The Alchemy of Race and Rights to the Biology and Gender Study Group's text 'The Importance of Feminist Critique for Contemporary Cell Biology.' This multidisciplinary archive is the greatest strength of Tomlinson's book... [F]eminist scholars and rhetoricians interested in the affective dimensions of the politics of containment will find her book useful. Indeed, the dynamic range of texts to which Tomlinson turns her attention and the important feminist questions of power and voice her readings address carry the project and engage the reader who becomes drawn in by the scene of argument. Signs Author InformationBarbara Tomlinson is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Authors on Writing: Metaphors and Intellectual Labor. In 2009, she received the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Santa Barbara. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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