Untying the Tongue

LINDA LONGMIRE is Assistant Professor of Political Science, the Director of Women's Studies, and the Coordinator of International Studies at Hofstra University's interdisciplinary New College. Her publications and teaching focus on feminist, environmental, and international politics.LISA MERRILL is Associate Professor of Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Hofstra University's School of Communication. Her publication, teaching, and research interests focus on gender and performance studies.

• Introduction by Linda Longmire and Lisa Merrill Gender and the Word Masculinist Generic Language and the U.S. Woman's Rights Movement, 1850-1920 by Lou Ann Matossian The French Connection: Luce Irigaray and International Research on Language and Gender by Gail M. Schwab The Possessive, Gender, and Subjectivity by Katherine Stephenson Chinese Sexist Language, Behavior, and Cultural Attitudes by Kathleen G. Williamson and Huang Pang Gender and the Image Writing Lives and Telling Tales: Visions and Revisions by Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt Reading Our Selves in The Cannibal Galaxy by Patricia A. Brieschke Females and Feminism in New Yorker Cartoons by Phyllis R. Randall Basic Instinct: Does Hollywood Instinctively Marginalize Lesbians and Gays by Michael P. Kelley Gender, Power, and the Media Spectatorship and Complicity: Who Is the "Accused" in Popular Film's Depiction of Gender and Violence by Lisa Merrill Evolving Images of Women and Men: The Construction of Gender Roles on MTV by Patricia A. Sullivan Teaching Theoretical Perspectives in the Gender and Communication Classroom: From Biology to Hegemony in Coach by Lynn H. Turner Toward a Feminist Pedagogy: Using Television to Explore Gender and Communication Issues in the Classroom by Deborah Petersen-Perlman Power and Pedagogy The Grammar of Connected Teaching by Daniel J. Shea Voices Seldom Heard: A Descriptive Analysis of Female and Male Teachers' Positive Interactions with Young People by Richard West (Re)telling the Old Tales: The Emerging Voices of Women in English and Mathematics by Cheryl Forbes and Allen Emerson Lab Coats and Little Girls: The Science Experiences of Women Majoring in Biology and Education at a Private University by Janice Koch Power and Relation at Home and at Work Women and Friends in the Workplace: A Study of Coworker Relationships and the Communication within Them by Amy S. Korpi Case Management: Nurses and Physicians Confronting Gendered Organization by R. J. Kivatisky Communication Patterns and Decision Making: A Comparison of Third-Party Assessments and Couple Self-Reports by Deborah Ballard-Reisch, Mary Elton, and Daniel J. Weigel Power and Empowerment A Feminist Guide to Studying Self-Esteem in Communication by Victoria DeFrancisco and Angela Allison Enhancing Argumentativeness and Argumentative Behavior: The Influence of Gender and Training by Roberta L. Kosberg and Andrew S. Rancer Strategic Storytelling: Constructing Self through Narrative and Nautilus by Mary-Jeanette Smythe Women's Spirituality: Attitudes, Visions, and Health by Linda A. M. Perry Postmodern Possibilities: Gender, Power, and Moral Development by Linda Longmire and Timothy H. Smith Index