Radical feminism, writing, and critical agency: from manifesto to modem

141 Pages·2005·0.41 MB·English

by  Jacqueline Rhodes

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RADICAL FEMINISM,
WRITING, AND
CRITICAL AGENCY
SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
Michelle A.Massé,editor
RADICAL FEMINISM,
WRITING, AND
CRITICAL AGENCY
From Manifesto to Modem
(cid:1)(cid:2)
Jacqueline Rhodes
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rhodes Jacqueline,1965–
Radical feminism,writing,and critical agency :from manifesto to modem / Jacqueline Rhodes.
p. cm.— (SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-6291-9 (alk.paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6292-7 (pbk.:alk.paper)
1.Feminist theory.2.Feminism.3.Radicalism.I.Title.II.Series.
HQ1190.R53 2004
305.42—dc22
2004041678
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Dorothy and Merval Rhodes

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Feminism,Composition,and Re-History 5
Foucault,Feminism,and Genealogy 7
The Metaphysics of “Women’s Ways”of Writing 10
Present Tense:What’s Still Missing 22
2. Rewriting Radical Women 25
Definition,Dissensus,and Disunity 29
Consciousness-Raising and the Problem of
(Anti)Structure 35
Radical Feminist Manifestos and Media 39
Textual Action and Radical Feminist Legacies 49
3. From Manifesto to Modem 53
Separatist Cyberspace 57
Radical Textuality Online 65
4. Textuality,Performativity,and Network Literacies 77
Critical Textual Agency and the Engaged Classroom 78
Cultural Studies,Passing,and Interruption as Agency 83
The Problem of Community 87
Network and Collective Literacies:Three Views 90
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Notes 95
Works Cited 115
Index 127
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to acknowledge the support and friendship of Evelyn
Ashton-Jones, whose enthusiasm for the study of rhetoric, composi-
tion,and feminism inspired my own.I would also like to thank Aurora
Wolfgang and Mary Boland, who wielded their considerable reading
and responding skills most graciously; James Peltz and the editorial
board of SUNY Press;and the anonymous manuscript reviewers,who
offered constructive suggestions for revision.
Parts of chapter 3 and chapter 4 appeared previously as “‘Substan-
tive and Feminist Girlie Action’:Women Online,”College Composition
and Communication 54 (2002):116–42 (© 2002 by the National Coun-
cil of Teachers of English.Reprinted with permission.).
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