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OverviewReal Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid This is a sociolinguistics series about the relationships between language, society and social change. Books in the series draw on natural language data from a wide range of social contexts. The series takes a critical approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gender and Discourse offers a critical new approach to the study of language and gender studies. Women moving into the public domains of power traditionally monopolised by men are creating new identities for themselves, and the language that is used by them and about them offers an insight into gender roles. Clare Walsh reviews the current dominance/difference debates, and proposes a new analytical framework which combines the insights of critical discourse and feminist perspectives on discourse to provide a new perspective on the role of women in public life. A superbly accessible book designed for students and researchers in the field, the book features: - topical case studies from the arenas of politics, religion and activism- a new analytical framework, also summarised in chart form so the reader can apply their own critical analyses of texts. - written and visual text types for the reader's own linguistic and semiotic analysis. 'This important book takes up a neglected question in the study of language and gender - what difference women make to the discourse of historically male-dominated institutions - and brings to bear on it both the insights of feminist scholarship and evidence from women's own testimony. Clare Walsh's analysis of the dilemmas women face is both subtle and incisive, taking us beyond popular 'Mars and Venus' stereotypes and posing some hard questions for fashionable theories of language, identity and performance. Her book should be read, not only by linguists but by anyone with a serious interest in gender and public life'Professor Deborah Cameron, Institute of Education, London Clare Walsh is a Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Clare WalshPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780582418929ISBN 10: 0582418925 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 28 August 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'This important book takes up a neglected question in the study of language and gender ... [it] should be read, not only by linguists but by anyone with a serious interest in gender and public life'Professor Deborah Cameron, Institute of Education, London 'Walsh's book is very convincingly argued and illustrated, and shows that the 'discourse' approach ... opens up perspectives of analysis and understanding which more traditional analyses have hitherto left unexplored.'Jean-Pierre van Noppen, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Language and Literature 2003 12 (2). Author InformationClare Walsh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, De Montfort University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |