Gender articulated : language and the socially constructed self / [edited] by Kira Hall and Mary Bucholtz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Kira, 1962-

Bucholtz, Mary, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Sex differences.

Language and languages.

Sexism in language.

Women--Language.

Women.

Physical Description:

x, 512 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1995.

Summary:

"Gender Articulated" is a groundbreaking work of sociolinguistics that forges connections between language-related fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss such topics as Japanese women's appropriation of "men's language," the literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0415913985

0415913993

OCLC:

32468785