Are We "There" Yet? the Treatment of Gender and Feminism in Technical, Business, and Workplace Writing Studies

Autor/inn/en	White, Kate; Rumsey, Suzanne Kesler; Amidon, Stevens
Titel	Are We "There" Yet? the Treatment of Gender and Feminism in Technical, Business, and Workplace Writing Studies
Quelle	In: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 46 (2016) 1, S.27-58 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2816
DOI	10.1177/0047281615600637
Schlagwörter	Gender Issues; Gender Differences; Feminism; Technical Writing; Business; Textbook Content; Periodicals; Content Analysis; Literature Reviews; Research Methodology; Textbook Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Educational Practices; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterkonflikt; Feminismus; Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Lehrbuchtext; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Inhaltsanalyse; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This article reexamines the treatment of gender and feminism in technical, business, and workplace writing studies--areas in which the three of us teach. Surprisingly, the published discourse of our field seems to implicitly minimize the gendered nature of business and technical writing workplaces and classrooms. To understand this apparent lack of focus, we review five technical and business communication academic journals and build on previous quantitative evaluations done by Isabelle Thompson in 1999 and by Isabelle Thompson Elizabeth Overman Smith in 2006. We also review nine popular textbooks using a content analysis method based on Thompson's work. Finally, we discuss current research in feminist pedagogies vis-à-vis these results and our own experiences in the professional writing classroom. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01