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...
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 rh...
Postcolonial Manchester offers a radical new perspective on Britain's devolved literary cultures by focusing on Manchester's vibrant, multicultural literary scene. Referencing Avtar Brah's concept of 'diaspora space', the authors argue that Manchester is, and always has been, a quintessentially migrant city to which workers of all nationalities and cultures have been drawn since its origins in the cotton trade and the expansion of the British Empire. This colonial legacy - and the inequalities upon which it turns - is a recurrent motif in the texts and poetry performances of the...
Postcolonial Manchester offers a radical new perspective on Britain's devolved literary cultures by focusing on Manchester's vibrant, multicultural...
What sorts of things do we think about when we're driving or being driven in a car? 'Drivetime' seeks to answer this question by drawing upon a rich archive of British and American texts from 'the motoring century' (1900-2000).
What sorts of things do we think about when we're driving or being driven in a car? 'Drivetime' seeks to answer this question by drawing upon a ri...
This book introduces you clearly and succinctly to the ways in which feminist ideas have transformed the form and content of British women's fiction and non-fiction writing.
This book introduces you clearly and succinctly to the ways in which feminist ideas have transformed the form and content of British women's fiction a...
