Separate and unequal : judicial rhetoric and women's rights / Huang Hoon Chng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chng, Huang Hoon.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 3.

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.

Women.

Judicial process--United States--History.

Judicial process.

Legal composition.

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the language of judges with respect to the issue of gender discrimination. Drawing its inspiration from Dell Hymes' socially constituted linguistics, the author examines the language of the judicial opinions of four U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing social and legal discrimination against women. Through a linguistic analysis that is informed by a Foucauldian and feminist perspective, this book addresses the complex issues of the power of judges and ideologies, the politics of language use, and feminist contributions to the subject of discrimination and women's rights. This book is most suitable for researchers and students in cultural studies, ethnography, feminist legal studies, forensic linguistics, gender studies, ideology research, pragmatics, semiotics, and social studies.

Contents:

Separate and Unequal

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: From past to present

Chapter 2: Towards multidisciplinarity

Chapter 3: Unequal by law: The early years

Chapter 4: Women are persons after all

Chapter 5: Of equality and justice

Notes

Bibliography

List of cases analyzed

List of cases cited

Appendix I

Appendix II

Index

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-142) and index.

ISBN:

9786612162114

9781282162112

128216211X

9789027297686

9027297681

OCLC:

70763877