TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rakow,Lana F.
AU  - Wackwitz,Laura A.
TI  - Feminist communication theory: selections in context 
SN  - 0761919791
AV  - HQ1190 .F4429 2004
U1  - 305.4201 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage
KW  - Feminist theory
KW  - Communication criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Feminist communication theory : an introduction; Laura A. Wackwitz and Lana F. Rakow --; Difference in feminist communication theory; Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz --; Reading 1; Who is your mother? : red roots of white feminism; Paula Gunn Allen --; Reading 2; The necessity of differences : constructing a positive category of women; Marilyn Frye --; Reading 3; Reconciling equality to difference : caring (f)or justice for people with disabilities; Anita Silvers --; Reading 4; Becoming post colonial : African women changing the meaning of citizenship; Patricia McFadden --; Reading 5; On the logic of pluralist feminism; Maria C. Lugones --; Voice in feminist communication theory; Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz --; Reading 6; "The grace of form" : class unconsciousness and an American writer; Linda McCarriston --; 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 --; Reading 8; Speaking the corn into being; Diane Glancy --; Reading 9; Touching the air : the cultural force of women in Chile; Catherine M. Boyle --; Reading 10; Love of the other; Luce Irigaray --; Representation in feminist communication theory; Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz --; Reading 11; Real and imagined women : politics and/or representation; Rajeswari Sunder Rajan --; Reading 12; Negative images : towards a black feminist cultural criticism; Michelle Wallace --; Reading 13; The technology of gender; Teresa de Lauretis --; Reading 14; Images, ideology, and women of color; Leith Mullings --; Reading 15; Democracy without women is no democracy : women's struggles in postcommunist Russia; Elizabeth Waters and Anastasia Posadskaya
N2  - "Feminist Communication Theory is a book of and for feminist communication theorists. The authors help individuals understand the human condition, they name personal experiences and engage these experiences through storytelling, and they give useful strategies for achieving justice. Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz examine the work of feminist theorists who have challenged traditional communication theory over the past two decades." "Feminist Communication Theory is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in 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 and scholars in women's studies and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET
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