Feminism and Scholarly Publishing [electronic resource] : Perils and Possibilities / Joyce Hinnefeld.
It is time for scholars in the fields of feminist theory and composition studies, taking off from the kinds of institutional critique that are at the very roots of their disciplines, to turn their attention to their own writing. What is it that makes "good" writing? How it is decided what...
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| Summary: | It is time for scholars in the fields of feminist theory and composition studies, taking off from the kinds of institutional critique that are at the very roots of their disciplines, to turn their attention to their own writing. What is it that makes "good" writing? How it is decided what is published and what is not? Despite the large numbers of women in the field of composition studies, white males still seem to control the publishing industry. To counter this perceived bias, many journals have now instituted a policy of blind review, but Theresa Enos asks whether blind review really stands to correct a long-standing bias if in fact women's ways of composing are different from men's. Another pressing issue in the world of academic publishing today is the dwindling market due to cutbacks in budgets. Interviews with editors at academic publishing houses shows that they are expecting to publish many fewer books in the future because libraries simply do not have the funds to purchase as many new books as in the past. These editors also spoke about the necessity of "accessibility"--the growing need for scholarly books to reach a wider and more general market than they have in the past. The time is ripe for scrutinizing some of the myths underlying the publishing industry, particularly the myth of equal chances. (Contains 12 references.) (TB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED384873. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (46th, Washington, DC, March 23-25, 1995). |
| Physical Description: | 13 p. |