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Networking Arguments: Rhetoric, Transnational Feminism, and Public Policy Writing (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture)
Rebecca Dingo
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Description for Networking Arguments: Rhetoric, Transnational Feminism, and Public Policy Writing (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture)
Paperback. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Networking Arguments presents an original study on the use and misuse of global institutional rhetoric and the effects of these practices on women, particularly in developing countries. Using a feminist lens, Rebecca Dingo views the complex networks that rhetoric flows through, globally and nationally, and how itÆs often reconfigured to work both for and against women and to maintain existing power structures.
To see how rhetorics travel, Dingo deconstructs the central terminology employed by global institutions—mainstreaming, fitness, and empowerment—and shows how their meanings shift depending on the contexts in which theyÆre used. She studies programs by the World Bank, ... Read more
Networking Arguments presents an original study on the use and misuse of global institutional rhetoric and the effects of these practices on women, particularly in developing countries. Using a feminist lens, Rebecca Dingo views the complex networks that rhetoric flows through, globally and nationally, and how itÆs often reconfigured to work both for and against women and to maintain existing power structures.
To see how rhetorics travel, Dingo deconstructs the central terminology employed by global institutions—mainstreaming, fitness, and empowerment—and shows how their meanings shift depending on the contexts in which theyÆre used. She studies programs by the World Bank, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822961888
SKU
V9780822961888
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About Rebecca Dingo
Rebecca Dingo is an assistant professor in the Department of English and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri. She is the coeditor of The Megarhetorics of Global Development.
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