Language and liberation : feminism, philosophy, and language / edited by Christina Hendricks and Kelly Oliver.

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TextSeries: SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophyPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 402 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585090882
9780585090887

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language and liberation.DDC classification:

408/.2 21

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P120.S48 L344 1999eb

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17.89

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Contents:

How to do (feminist) things with words / Christina Hendricks and Kelly Oliver -- Derogatory terms : racism, sexism, and the inferential role theory of meaning / Lynne Tirrell -- Discourse competence : or how to theorize strong women speakers / Sara Mills -- Surviving to speak new language : Mary Daly and Adrienne Rich / Jane Hedley -- From revolution to liberation : transforming hysterical discourse into analytic discourse / Georganna Ulary -- Disarticulated voices : feminism and philomela / Elissa Marder -- Confessional feminisms : rhetorical dimensions of first-person theorizing / Susan David Bernstein -- Postcolonial critic : shifting subjects, changing paradigms / Sangeeta Ray -- Sublime impersonation : the rhetoric of personification in Kant / Natalie Alexander -- Frege's metaphors / Andrea Nye -- Free gift or forced figure? Derrida's usage of hymen in "The Double Session" / Roberta Weston -- At the limits of discourse : heterogeneity, alterity, and the maternal body in Kristeva's thought / Ewa P�onowska Ziarek -- Writing (into) the symbolic : the maternal metaphor in H�el�ne Cixous / Lisa Walsh -- Language and the space of the feminine : Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray / Cynthia Baker.

Summary: Presenting new 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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Presenting new 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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