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From the Margins to the Center Contemporary Women and Political Communication
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By Patricia A. Sullivan and Lynn H. Turner
ISBN: 0-275-94993-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94993-8
176 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/1996
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender Book Award
Description: From the Margins to the Center fills an important gap in the political communications literature, examining the patterns of women as political communicators in the United States to determine if they have learned the "political game" as defined by men--or if they have carved out the "different kind of politics" envisioned by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder when she considered seeking the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. Examining the cases of Lani Guinier, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Janet Reno, the authors explore the rhetorical choices contemporary women are making in political discourse. They frame this exploration theoretically by describing three moral boundaries that discourage women from entering political life: the boundary between morality and politics, the moral point of view boundary, and the boundary between public and private life. Guinier, Clinton, and Reno have each adopted different strategies in confronting these boundaries and in challenging gender stereotypes, and their strategies dramatically illustrate the communication of contemporary political women. Of interest to all in speech communication, political science, and women's studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Politics, Power, and Gender
  • Gender, Moral Boundaries, and Political Communication
  • Denying Politics: The Strange Case of Lani Guinier
  • Power and Politics: A Case Study of Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Re-Visioning Moral Boundaries: A Case Study of Janet Reno
  • Re-Visioning Political Communication
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-20707
LCC Class: HQ1391
Dewey Class: 320
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