Type of Document Master's Thesis Author VanNewkirk, Robbin Hillary URN etd-04302006-221830 Title Third Wave Feminist History and the Politics of Being Visible and Being Real Degree Master of Arts Department Women's Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Peter Lindsay Committee Chair Dr. Marti Singer Committee Member Dr. Susan Talburt Committee Member Keywords
- Visibility
- Third wave feminism
- U.S. feminist history
- Authenticity
- Being real
Date of Defense 2005-11-28 Availability unrestricted Abstract This project works to illuminate some of the main theoretical claims that writers of the third wave make in order to understand these claims as rhetorical devices used to make themselves visible and real. Being visible is a common theme in third wave texts and realness is a site that is both contested and embraced. Being Visible and being real work together to situate third wave actors in a U.S. feminist continuum that is sprinkled with contradiction and ambiguity. This thesis will examine the contextual development of third wave feminism, and then using examples of realness and visibility in the three third wave anthologies, Being Real, Third Wave Agenda, and Catching a Wave, this thesis will interrogate at the rhetorical significance of those themes.
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