Networking Arguments - Rhetoric, Transnational Feminism, and Public Policy Writing (Paperback)

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 itAEs 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 theyAEre used. She studies programs by the World Bank, the United Nations, and the United States, among others, to view the original policies, then follows the trail of their diffusion and manipulation and the ultimate consequences for individuals. To analyze transnational rhetorical processes, Dingo builds a theoretical framework by employing concepts of transcoding, ideological traffic, and interarticulation to uncover the intricacies of power relationships at work within networks. She also views transnational capitalism, neoliberal economics, and neocolonial ideologies as primary determinants of policy and arguments over womenAEs roles in the global economy. Networking Arguments offers a new method of feminist rhetorical analysis that allows for an increased understanding of global gender policies and encourages strategies to counteract the negative effects they can create.

General

Imprint:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Rebecca Dingo
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-8229-6188-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General
LSN:	0-8229-6188-1
Barcode:	9780822961888

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