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1 online resource (176 pages). |
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Studies in Writing and Rhetoric
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Studies in writing & rhetoric.
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Cover; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Joining the Academy: Women's Roles, Writing, and Authority; Portrait of a Writer: Professor Ashley ""Walking between raindrops . . .""; 2. The Study: Design, Method, and Assumptions; Portrait of a Writer: Ms. Dannon ""My life is in incomplete sentences. I don't have time for complete sentences.""; 3. Working against Tradition: Establishing Authority in Writing; Portrait of a Writer: Professor Caraway ""I need to be more overt about my values."" |
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4. Expanding Communities: Writing for Academic and Nonacademic AudiencesPortrait of a Writer: Ms. King ""I try not to use too many words, try not to jumble fifty-cent words.""; 5. Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: Transforming Academic Writing and Research; Portrait of a Writer: Professor Valentine ""I see myself as a cultivator of human relationships.""; 6. Future Visions for Reseach and Teaching; Appendix; Works Cited and Consulted; Author Biography; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Women Writing the Academy is based on an extensive interview study by Gesa E. Kirsch that investigates how women in different academic disciplines perceive and describe their experiences as writers in the university. Kirsch's study focuses on the writing strategies of successful women writers, their ways of establishing authority, and the kinds of audiences they address in different disciplinary settings. Based on multiple interviews with thirty-five women from five different disciplines (anthropology, education, history, nursing, and psychology) and four academic ranks (seniors, graduate st. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Academic writing -- Sex differences.
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Academic writing -- Sex differences. |
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Academic writing. |
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Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
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Women -- Education (Higher) |
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Women -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Women. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Authors and readers -- United States.
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Authors and readers. |
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Report writing -- Sex differences.
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Report writing -- Sex differences. |
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Report writing. |
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Women scholars -- United States.
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Women scholars. |
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Print version: Kirsch, Gesa. Women Writing the Academy : Audience, Authority, and Transformation. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1993 9780809318704 |
| ISBN |
9780809390847 electronic book |
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0809390841 electronic book |
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