Untying the Tongue: Gender, Power, and the Word

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This work studies how language reflects a culture's biases and inequities, and how a socially constructed, gendered power differential between men and women may lead each to have very different relationships to language.

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.,."represents a move toward making gender studies really matter for those who study and teach communication."-Technical Communication Quarterly
...represents a move toward making gender studies really matter for those who study and teach communication.-Technical Communication Quarterly
Exploring both personal and paradigmatic narratives that influence understanding of selfhood, health, spirituality, and politics, the authors suggest that women (and men) can begin to create a space in which new voices, energies and visions emerge and reflect mutual understanding and respect.-CHOICE
..."represents a move toward making gender studies really matter for those who study and teach communication."-Technical Communication Quarterly
"Exploring both personal and paradigmatic narratives that influence understanding of selfhood, health, spirituality, and politics, the authors suggest that women (and men) can begin to create a space in which new voices, energies and visions emerge and reflect mutual understanding and respect."-CHOICE

Author Bio

LINDA LONGMIRE is Assistant Professor of Political Science, the Director of Women's Studies, and the Coordinator of International Studies at Hofstra University's interdisciplinary New College. Her publications and teaching focus on feminist, environmental, and international politics. LISA MERRILL is Associate Professor of Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Hofstra University's School of Communication. Her publication, teaching, and research interests focus on gender and performance studies.