a ISBN 0-252-02126-6

a ISBN 0-252-06517-4

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number KF8745.T48

b Item number L96 1996

a Dewey Classification 347.73/2634

a Dewey Classification 347.3073534

a Title The lynching of language :

b Remainder of title gender, politics, and power in the Hill-Thomas hearings /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Sandra L. Ragan ... [et al.] ; foreword by Julia T. Wood.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Urbana :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc University of Illinois Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1996.

a Extent xxiii, 293 p. ;

c Dimensions 23 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Foreword: Continuing the Conversation about Hill and Thomas / Julia T. Wood -- Introduction to a Communication Event: The Hill-Thomas Hearings / Sandra L. Ragan, Christina S. Beck, Dianne G. Bystrom and Lynda Lee Kaid -- 1. Analyzing the Testimony from a Legal Evidentiary Perspective: Using Judicial Language Injudiciously / Shirley A. Wiegand -- 2. The Doing of Gender through Cross-Examination / Christina S. Beck, Sandra L. Ragan and Lynda Lee Kaid -- 3. Sex, Race, and Politics: An Intercultural Communication Approach to the Hill-Thomas Hearings / Cynthia S. Roper, Mike Chanslor and Dianne G. Bystrom -- 4. Who Is Anita Hill? A Discourse-Centered Inquiry into the Concept of Self in American Folk Psychology / Erica Verrillo -- 5. Impression Management Mismatch on Capitol Hill: The Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Confrontation / Dale G. Leathers -- 6. Looking for Verbal Deception in Clarence Thomas's Testimony / Curtis D. Lebaron -- 7. Detection of Deception in the Hill-Thomas Hearings: An Analysis of Nonverbal Behavior / Valerie Cryer Mckay -- 8. Believability: Narratives and Relational Messages in the Strategies of Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas / Judith K. Bowker -- 9. Tracking Reactions: Audience Evaluations of the Hill-Thomas Hearings / Lynda Lee Kaid, John Tedesco and Clifford A. Jones -- 10. Telling the Truth: The Rhetoric of Consistency and Credibility in the Hill-Thomas Hearings / Thomas J. Darwin -- 11. The Pragmatics of Sexual Harassment: Two Devices for Creating a "Hostile Environment" / Darrin Hicks and Phillip J. Glenn -- 12. "Giving" Voice to Sexual Harassment: Dialogues in the Aftermath of the Hill-Thomas Hearings / Leda M. Cooks, Claudia L. Hale and Sue Dewine -- 13. Beyond the Hearings: The Continuing Effects of Hill vs. Thomas on Women and Men, the Workplace, and Politics / Dianne G. Bystrom -- Appendix: Transcription Key.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sexual harassment of women

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Law

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Truthfulness and falsehood

a Personal name Ragan Sandra L