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- Title
The Ideological Effects of a Failed Constitutive Rhetoric: The Co-option of the Rhetoric of White Lesbian Feminism.
- Authors
Tate, Helen
- Abstract
Attempts by white lesbian feminists of the second wave to define feminism resulted in a failed constitutive rhetoric of feminist identity. This rhetoric opened a rhetorical space for antifeminists to launch a critique of feminist activism, specifically the Equal Rights Amendment. The study provides an account of how the ideological effects of a failed constitutive rhetoric may be co-opted and ultimately undermine the social movement in which it operates.
- Subjects
LESBIAN feminism; WOMEN'S rights; ANTI-feminism; SOCIAL movements; POLITICAL participation; IDENTITY (Psychology)
- Publication
Women's Studies in Communication, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0749-1409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/07491409.2005.10162482