CiNii Books - Language and liberation : feminism, philosophy, and language

Presenting new and important scholarship in feminist language theory, this book addresses issues within diverse traditions, bringing together feminist positions, strategies, and styles in an original way. Gathering together authors with different backgrounds and methods, Language and Liberation puts this diverse scholarship into dialogue. The questions and concerns reflected in these essays are presented within the context of their historical background, provided by the editors' comprehensive Introduction. These questions include: Is there a distinction between "female" and "male" language? What is the relationship of feminine/feminist identity to language? What is the value of metaphor for feminist theory and practice?

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Acknowledgments Introduction: How to Do (Feminist) Things With Words Christina Hendricks and Kelly Oliver Part One: The Power of Words: Changing Meanings, Changing Social Spaces 1. Derogatory Terms: Racism, Sexism, and the Inferential Role Theory of Meaning Lynne Tirrell 2. Discourse Competence: Or How to Theorize Strong Women Speakers Sara Mills 3. Surviving to Speak New Language: Mary Daly and Adrienne Rich Jane Hedley 4. From Revolution to Liberation: Transforming Hysterical Discourse into Analytic Discourse Georganna Ulary Part Two: The Power to Speak: Who Is Speaking, from Where? 5. Disarticulated Voices: Feminism and Philomela Elissa Marder 6. Confessional Feminisms: Rhetorical Dimensions of First-Person Theorizing Susan David Bernstein 7. The Postcolonial Critic: Shifting Subjects, Changing Paradigms Sangeeta Ray Part Three: The Power of Masculinist Metaphors: Words That Keep Women in Place 8. Sublime Impersonation: The Rhetoric of Personificationin Kant Natalie Alexander 9. Frege's Metaphors Andrea Nyc 10. Free Gift or Forced Figure? Derrida's Usage of Hymen in "The Double Session" Roberta Weston Part Four: The Power of Feminist Metaphors: Words That Open Spaces for Women 11. At the Limits of Discourse: Heterogeneity, Alterity, and the Maternal Body in Kristeva's Thought Ewa Plonowska Ziarek 12. Writing (into) the Symbolic: The Maternal Metaphor in Hélène Cixous Lisa Walsh 13. Language and the Space of the Feminine: Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray Cynthia Baker About the Contributors Index

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