Women making meaning : new feminist directions in communication

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Women making meaning : new feminist directions in communication

edited by Lana F. Rakow

Routledge, 1992

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780415906296

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"Women Making Meaning" is intended to capture the dynamic confluence of feminist and communication scholarship by setting out some of the provocative questions that mark this intersection. Several of the essays in the book are theoretical in nature, and consider the changing complexion of the field in view of this cross-fertilization; other contributors tackle those individual forms of communication that pose certain challenges for women such as verbal harassment and pornography. The final section of the book, more ethnographic in nature, presents a number of case studies, written primarily by women of colour, which recount the various ways that communication forms such as television, journalism and spoken discourse construct and perpetuate racist and sexist stereotypes.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Politics of Making Meaning 1. The Field Reconsidered, Lana F. Rakow 2. Is Male to Female as A is to B?, Kathryn Cirksena and Lisa Cuklanz 3. The Politics of Difference, Marsha Houston 4. Accounting for Others, Keya Ganguly. Part II: Beyond the Field's Boundaries 5. Themizing Through the Body Elspeth Probyn 6. Harassment and Everyday Life, Cheris Kramarae 7. History and Structure of Women's Alternative Media, Linda Steiner 8. Pornography's Active Subordination of Women, Ann Russo 9. Women's Revolutionary Place, Angharad N. Valdivia. Part III: Case Studies in Making Meaning 10. Reading Representations of Difference, Jackie Byars and Chad Dell 11. Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Legacy of African-American Women Journalists, Jane Rhodes 12. The Construction of Chinese American Women's Identity, Victoria Chen 13. Women's Narratives in a New York Puerto Rican Community, Lourdes Torres 14. Telling Stories about Reality, Nina Gregg.
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pbk. ISBN 9780415906302

Description

"Women Making Meaning" is intended to capture the dynamic confluence of feminist and communication scholarship by setting out some of the provocative questions that mark this intersection. Several of the essays in the book are theoretical in nature, and consider the changing complexion of the field in view of this cross-fertilization; other contributors tackle those individual forms of communication that pose certain challenges for women such as verbal harassment and pornography. The final section of the book, more ethnographic in nature, presents a number of case studies, written primarily by women of colour, which recount the various ways that communication forms such as television, journalism and spoken discourse construct and perpetuate racist and sexist stereotypes.

Table of Contents

Preface Part I. The Politics of Making Meaning 1. The Field Reconsidered Lana F. Rakow 2. Is Male to Female as A is to B? Kathryn Cirksena and Lisa Cuklanz 3. The Politics of Difference Marsha Houston 4. Accounting for Others Keya Ganguly Part II. Beyond the Field's Boundaries 5. Themizing Through the Body Elspeth Probyn 6. Harassment and Everyday Life Cheris Kramarae 7. History and Structure of Women's Alternative Media Linda Steiner 8. Pornography's Active Subordination of Women Ann Russo 9. Women's Revolutionary Place Angharad N. Valdivia Part III. Case Studies in Making Meaning 10. Reading Representations of Difference Jackie Byars and Chad Dell 11. Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Legacy of African-American Women Journalists Jane Rhodes 12. The Construction of Chinese American Women's Identity Victoria Chen 13. Women's Narratives in a New York Puerto Rican Community Lourdes Torres 14. Telling Stories about Reality Nina Gregg About the Authors

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