Sharon D Downey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5595641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon D Downey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon D |
| FAMILY NAME | Downey |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNEY S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rhetoric as Balance
This article uses Condit's “Gender Diversity,” and Foss, Griffin, and Foss's “Feminist Reconstruction” essays as starting points to argue for “dialectical feminism” as a viable perspective on the relationship between gender and rhetoric. Dialectical theory, as evidenced by trends in communication and rhetorical studies, can be used to chart the interdependence indigenous to gender relations, and rhetoric can be viewed as a functional way to balan…
Feminine Empowerment in Disney's Beauty and the Beast
This analysis or Disney's fairy tale Beauty and the Beast argues that the film develops two contrasting narratives—female and male—through a blending of discursive and nondiscursive elements. As a result, the film creates a female spectatorship position which, in turn, gives rise to a dialectical perspective on power that resolves the gendered tension between these two narratives and opens the film to multiple interpretations, including a potenti…
The Irony of Sophie's Choice
(1991). The Irony of Sophie's Choice. Women's Studies in Communication: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-23
Dialectical disorientation in Vietnam War films
“Dialectical disorientation” is a rhetorical form that creates uncertainty and ambiguity through confrontation between two competitive but complementary orientations. This essay examines its dynamics in four films addressing the war in Vietnam: The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket. We argue that the works subvert traditional American war mythology. The films present the war as destructive rather than regenerative and pu…
Semi ‐aesthetic detachment
The writings of Leon Uris represent a rhetorical/literary form wherein the contractual agreement binding writer and reader differs significantly from traditional literature. Uris's readers are required to assume a posture of semi‐aesthetic detachment; i.e., they must weave between the fictional and external worlds Uris simultaneously presents. Only by integrating both worlds can readers serve Uris's ultimate purpose, the insuring of Israel's sove…
Feminine Empowerment in Disney's Beauty and the Beast
This analysis or Disney's fairy tale Beauty and the Beast argues that the film develops two contrasting narratives—female and male—through a blending of discursive and nondiscursive elements. As a result, the film creates a female spectatorship position which, in turn, gives rise to a dialectical perspective on power that resolves the gendered tension between these two narratives and opens the film to multiple interpretations, including a potenti…
Rhetoric as Balance
This article uses Condit's “Gender Diversity,” and Foss, Griffin, and Foss's “Feminist Reconstruction” essays as starting points to argue for “dialectical feminism” as a viable perspective on the relationship between gender and rhetoric. Dialectical theory, as evidenced by trends in communication and rhetorical studies, can be used to chart the interdependence indigenous to gender relations, and rhetoric can be viewed as a functional way to balan…
Dialectical disorientation in Vietnam War films
“Dialectical disorientation” is a rhetorical form that creates uncertainty and ambiguity through confrontation between two competitive but complementary orientations. This essay examines its dynamics in four films addressing the war in Vietnam: The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket. We argue that the works subvert traditional American war mythology. The films present the war as destructive rather than regenerative and pu…
Semi ‐aesthetic detachment
The writings of Leon Uris represent a rhetorical/literary form wherein the contractual agreement binding writer and reader differs significantly from traditional literature. Uris's readers are required to assume a posture of semi‐aesthetic detachment; i.e., they must weave between the fictional and external worlds Uris simultaneously presents. Only by integrating both worlds can readers serve Uris's ultimate purpose, the insuring of Israel's sove…
The Irony of Sophie's Choice
(1991). The Irony of Sophie's Choice. Women's Studies in Communication: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-23
Dialectical disorientation in Vietnam War films
“Dialectical disorientation” is a rhetorical form that creates uncertainty and ambiguity through confrontation between two competitive but complementary orientations. This essay examines its dynamics in four films addressing the war in Vietnam: The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket. We argue that the works subvert traditional American war mythology. The films present the war as destructive rather than regenerative and pu…
Feminine Empowerment in Disney's Beauty and the Beast
This analysis or Disney's fairy tale Beauty and the Beast argues that the film develops two contrasting narratives—female and male—through a blending of discursive and nondiscursive elements. As a result, the film creates a female spectatorship position which, in turn, gives rise to a dialectical perspective on power that resolves the gendered tension between these two narratives and opens the film to multiple interpretations, including a potenti…
Rhetoric as Balance
This article uses Condit's “Gender Diversity,” and Foss, Griffin, and Foss's “Feminist Reconstruction” essays as starting points to argue for “dialectical feminism” as a viable perspective on the relationship between gender and rhetoric. Dialectical theory, as evidenced by trends in communication and rhetorical studies, can be used to chart the interdependence indigenous to gender relations, and rhetoric can be viewed as a functional way to balan…
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Dialectic (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works)