Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral), University of New Hampshire, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-247) and index.
The book and the writer: the convergence of composition studies, social constructionism, and feminist criticism -- Academic journals: panacea or problem -- Gender, language, and discourse: critical issues -- Gender and journal-keeping traditions -- Gender, pedagogy, and the student journal -- Gender, journals, and academic discourse: capacious hold-all and Pandora's box