The Rhetorics of Feminism

Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is "made"? By a close stylistic and rhetorical analysis across contemporary feminist writing - from the cultural theory of Judith Butler to the newspaper journalism of Naomi Wolf - Lynne Pearce demonstrates how feminist thought is created as well as communicated by the frameworks in which it is presented. In linking rhetorical innovation with feminist epistemology in such a direct way, Pearce provides a book that should be of methodological interest as well as theoretical, providing invaluable insight into the "mysteries" of conception and composition. This book should be of interest to students and academics alike working in the fields of women's studies, journalism and communication studies.