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Femininity, feminism and gendered discourse : a selected and edited collection of papers from the fifth International Language and Gender Association Conference / edited by Janet Holmes and Meredith Marra.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Gender and Language Association Conference, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Gender and Language Association Biennial Conference (5th : 2008 : Victoria University of Wellington)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Congresses.
- Feminism.
- Language and languages--Sex differences--Congresses.
- Language and languages.
- Language and sex--Congresses.
- Language and sex.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The chapters in this book illustrate a range of cutting edge research in language and gender studies, with contributions from a number of internationally recognised experts. The three themes, femininity, feminism and gendered discourse are central to research in language and gender, and the book thus makes a valuable contribution to a number of current debates. Femininity comprises a central aspect of gender performance and the process of "gendering" individuals is on-going and unavoidable....
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FEMININITY, FEMINISM AND GENDERED DISCOURSE; FEMININITY; WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE; DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF HEGEMONIC FEMININITY; HUMORLESS LESBIANS; WOMEN CAN'T TELL JOKES; FEMINISM; MEN, MASCULINITIES AND FEMINISTLINGUISTIC ACTIVISM; WOMEN'S AND MEN'S LANGUAGES AS HETEROSEXUAL RESOURCE; SUBSTANTIVE DISEMBODIMENT, SYNTACTIC EMBEDMENT; GENDERED DISCOURSE; FROM HIGH SOCIETYTO WORKPLACE REALITY; MAORI WOMEN'S ROLE IN SOUND CHANGE; CONVERSATION ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN LANGUAGE AND GENDER RESEARCH; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-2437-2
- OCLC:
- 823722113
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