Barbara Bridger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3741971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Bridger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Bridger |
| SIGNATURE | BRIDGER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartington Campus of University College Falmouth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What women learn from TV crime drama
As crime dramas increase in popularity and take up more and more of our 'entertainment' airtime, the impact they may have on perceptions of crime and victimization cannot be understated.(Rader and Rhineberger-Dunn, 2010: 254
On Spirals
Speaking the Unspeakable, Writing the Unread
Writing across the Borders of the Self
The aim of this article is to demonstrate a methodology that ‘writes across’ the separation (border?) between theory and practice. It refers to French feminist writers of the 1970s and 1980s, often categorized under the heading of ‘écriture féminine’, who were concerned with how language operates and with the relationship between language and the formation of the self. The article consists of a short preface introducing a piece of autobiographica…
Dying to Write - Autobiography and Reflexivity
1 I use 'writing through' to suggest a methodology less concerned with representing knowledge and more concerned with producing it. In similar contexts, Irigaray uses the phrase 'parlerfemme' which puns on 'par les femmes' to mean both feminine language and language produced by women, (in English this is represented by 'speaking (as) women'.) Margaret Whitford proposes that speaking of woman should be language (langage) or discourse which contrib…
The True Aerialist (The Angel in the House)
This work forms part of Bridger’s continuing research into language, gender and identity. The central character (the True Aerialist) challenges performance conventions of particular importance for the single, female performer. This is achieved through a series of contradictions that begin with the play’s title and the True Aerialist’s claim to be a liar. Her predisposition to lying is proposed as an aspect of self-description. She emphasizes it i…
Stories/Poetry Distance
Writing across the Borders of the Self
The aim of this article is to demonstrate a methodology that ‘writes across’ the separation (border?) between theory and practice. It refers to French feminist writers of the 1970s and 1980s, often categorized under the heading of ‘écriture féminine’, who were concerned with how language operates and with the relationship between language and the formation of the self. The article consists of a short preface introducing a piece of autobiographica…
Stories/Poetry Distance
The True Aerialist (The Angel in the House)
This work forms part of Bridger’s continuing research into language, gender and identity. The central character (the True Aerialist) challenges performance conventions of particular importance for the single, female performer. This is achieved through a series of contradictions that begin with the play’s title and the True Aerialist’s claim to be a liar. Her predisposition to lying is proposed as an aspect of self-description. She emphasizes it i…
Writing across the Borders of the Self
The aim of this article is to demonstrate a methodology that ‘writes across’ the separation (border?) between theory and practice. It refers to French feminist writers of the 1970s and 1980s, often categorized under the heading of ‘écriture féminine’, who were concerned with how language operates and with the relationship between language and the formation of the self. The article consists of a short preface introducing a piece of autobiographica…
Dying to Write - Autobiography and Reflexivity
1 I use 'writing through' to suggest a methodology less concerned with representing knowledge and more concerned with producing it. In similar contexts, Irigaray uses the phrase 'parlerfemme' which puns on 'par les femmes' to mean both feminine language and language produced by women, (in English this is represented by 'speaking (as) women'.) Margaret Whitford proposes that speaking of woman should be language (langage) or discourse which contrib…
Speaking the Unspeakable, Writing the Unread
On Spirals
What women learn from TV crime drama
As crime dramas increase in popularity and take up more and more of our 'entertainment' airtime, the impact they may have on perceptions of crime and victimization cannot be understated.(Rader and Rhineberger-Dunn, 2010: 254
Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Cultural Studies (5 works) · Feminism (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Biography (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)