Rethinking language and gender research : theory and practice
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Rethinking language and gender research : theory and practice
（Real language series / general editors, Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire and Euan Reid）
Longman, 1996
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Rethinking language & gender research
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Selected rev. papers, with one additional paper, of a conference held during the 1993 Linguistic Institute in Columbus, Ohio, July 16-19, 1993; the conference was sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics of the Linguistic Society of America
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Rethinking Language and Gender Research is the first book focusing on language and gender to explicitly challenge the dichotomy of female and male use of language. It represents a turning point in language and gender studies, addressing the political and social consequences of popular beliefs about women's language and men's language and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender. The essays take a fresh approach to the study of subjects such as language and sex and the use of language to produce and maintain power and prestige.
Topics explored in this text include sex and the brain; the language of a rape hearing; teenage language; radio talk show exchanges; discourse strategies of African American women; political implications for language and gender studies; the relationship between sex and gender and the construction of identity through language.
A useful introductory chapter sets the articles in context, explaining the relationships that exist between them, and full cross-referencing between articles and an extensive index allow for easy access to information. The interdisciplinary approach of the text, the wide-range of methodologies presented, and the comprehensive review of the current literature will make this book invaluable reading for all upper-level undergraduate students, postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of linguistics, sociolinguistics, gender and cultural studies.
Table of Contents
- Contributors, Editors's Preface
- Acknowledgements 1. The question of questions: beyond binary thinking, Janet M. Bing and Victoria L. Bergvall 2. The language-gender interface: challenging co-optation, Deborah Cameron 3. Language and gender research in an experimental setting, Alice F. Freed 4. Floor management and power strategies in adolescent conversation, Alice Greenwood 5. Women, men and prestige speech forms: a critical review, Deborah James 6. Storytellers and gatekeepers in economics, Livia Polanyi and Diana Strassmann 7. Consensual sex or sexual harassment: negotiating meaning, Susan Ehrilch and Ruth King 8. Constructing and enacting gender through discourse: negotiating multiple roles as female engineering students, Victoria L. Bergvall 9. Dealing with gender identity as a sociolinguistic variable, Miriam Meyerhoff 10. Shifting gender positions among Hindi-speaking hijras, Kira Hall and Veronica O'Donovan 11. Black feminist theory and African American women's linguistic practice, Mary Bucholtz Index
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This text focuses on language and gender to challenge the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing political and social consequences of popular beliefs about "women's language" and "men's language" and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender.
Table of Contents
- The question of questions - beyond binary thinking, Janet M. Bing and Victoria L. Bergvall
- the language-gender interface - challenging co-optation, Deborah Cameron
- language and gender research in an experimental setting, Alice F. Freed
- floor management and power strategies in adolescent conversation, Alice Greenwood
- women, men and prestige speech forms - a critical review, Deborah James
- storytellers and gatekeepers in economics, Livia Polanyi and Diana Strassmann
- consentual sex or sexual harassment - negotiating meaning, Susan Erlich and Ruth King
- constructing and enacting gender through discourse - negotiating multiple roles as female engineering students, Victoria L. Bergvall
- dealing with gender identity as a sociolinguistic variable, Miriam Meyerhoff
- shifting gender positions among Hindi-speaking Hijras, Kira Hall and Veronica O'Donovan
- black feminist theory and African American women's linguistic practice, Mary Bucholtz.
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