Women Writing the Academy: Audience, Authority, and Transformation

by Gesa KIRSCH and Gesa E. Kirsch

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318709
• ISBN13: 9780809318704
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"