Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.