The contributors to this collection offer an essential introduction to the ways in which feminist linguistics and critical discourse analysis have contributed to our understanding of gender and sex. By examining how these perspectives have been applied to these concepts, the contributors provide both a review of the literature, as well as an opportunity to follow the most recent debates in this area. Gender and Discourse brings together European, American and Australian traditions of research. Through an analysis of a range of `real' data, the contributors demonstrate the relevance of these theoretical and methodological insights for gender research in particular and social practice in general.
Author(s): Professor Ruth Wodak
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 315
Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Some Important Issues in the Research of Gender and Discourse......Page 12
1 - Theoretical Debates in Feminist Linguistics: Questions of Sex and Gender......Page 32
2 - Gender, Power and Practice: Or, Putting Your Money (and Your Reserach) Where Your Mouth Is......Page 48
3 - Gender and Racism in Discourse......Page 68
4 - Gender and Language in the Workplace......Page 92
5 - Ideologies of Public and Private Language in Sociolinguistics......Page 117
6 - Gender, Discourse and Senior Education: Ligatures for Girls, Options for Boys?......Page 151
7 - Difference without Diversity: Semantic Orientation and Ideology in Competing Women's Magazines......Page 176
8 - 'It's a Game!': The Construction of Gendered Subjectivity......Page 208
9 - Talking Power: Girls, Gender Enculturation and Discourse......Page 236
10 - Women's Friendships, Women's Talk......Page 256
11 - Story-Telling in New Zealand Women's and Men's Talk......Page 274
Index......Page 305
