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Femininity, feminism and gendered discourse [electronic resource]

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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....

Title Femininity, feminism and gendered discourse [electronic resource] : a selected and edited collection of papers from the fifth International Language and Gender Association Conference / edited by Janet Holmes and Meredith Marra.
Publisher Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars
Creation Date 2010
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (258 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010720646305171
MARC RECORDS

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