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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460933303321

Titolo

Shifting visions : gender and discourses / / edited by Allyson Jule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7517-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

306.44082

Soggetti

Gender identity

Identity (Psychology)

Discourse analysis

Sex role

Language and languages - Sex differences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CHAPTER TEN""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of studies explores recent research in the area of gender and language use experienced around the world. Featuring an interdisciplinary and global approach, the contributors demonstrate how focus on gender and language creates the lived experience. The studies in this book use gender and language to analyze a broad range of topics including religion, politics, education and sexuality. Contributions include the use of language of a new female bishop in Canada, hetronormativity in language use in Croatia, women's magazines in Japan, and the electoral code in Cameroon. Using criti