1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791357603321

Autore

Chamallas Martha

Titolo

The measure of injury [[electronic resource] ] : race, gender, and tort law / / Martha Chamallas and Jennifer B. Wriggins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8147-9006-2

0-8147-1733-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WrigginsJennifer B

Disciplina

346.7303

Soggetti

Personal injuries - United States

Torts - United States

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Sex discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Frames -- 2 Historical Frames -- 3 Intentional Torts -- 4 Negligence -- 5 Causation -- 6 Damages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which civil actions can be brought. The conventional wisdom is that the rules, concepts, and structures of tort law are neutral and unbiased, free of considerations of gender and race.In The Measure of Injury, Martha Chamallas and Jennifer Wriggins prove that tort law is anything but gender and race neutral. Drawing on an in-depth analysis of case law ranging from the Jim Crow South to the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the authors demonstrate that women and minorities have been under-compensated in tort law and that traditional biases have resurfaced in updated forms to perpetuate patterns of disparate recovery based on race and gender. Grappling with tort theory, the intricacies of legal doctrine and the practical effects of legal rules, The Measure of Injury is a unique treatise on torts that uncovers the public and cultural dimensions of this always-controversial domain of private law.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957666403321

Titolo

Gender identity and discourse analysis / / edited by Lia Litosseliti, Jane Sunderland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub., 2002

ISBN

9786612254598

9781282254596

1282254596

9780585463711

0585463719

9789027297693

902729769X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii,335 p

Collana

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; ; v. 2

Classificazione

ES 360

Altri autori (Persone)

LitosselitiLia

SunderlandJane

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role

Gender identity

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1: Gender identity and discourse analysis -- Theorising Gender and Discourse -- Chapter 2: Yes, but is it gender? -- Chapter 3: Rethinking politeness, impoliteness and gender identity -- Chapter 4: Stunning, shimmering, iridescent -- Discourse and Gendered Identities in the Media -- Chapter 5: Consuming personal relationships -- Chapter 6 'Head to head' -- Chapter 7: Is there anything "new" about these lads? -- Discourse, Sexuality and Gender Identities -- Chapter 8: The case of the indefinite pronoun -- Chapter 9: Erotic discourse strategies in powerless women -- Discourse and Gender Identities in Education -- Chapter 10: From representation towards discursive practices -- Chapter 11: 'What's the hottest part of the Sun? Page 3!' -- Gendered Discourses of Parenthood



-- Chapter 12: Pregnant self and lost identity in Ana Blandiana's 'Children's Crusade' -- Chapter 13: Baby entertainer, bumbling assistant and line manager -- Subject index -- Name index -- Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Gender and discourse interface in many more epistemological sites than can be represented in one collection. Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis therefore focuses on a principled diversity of key sites within four broad areas: the media, sexuality, education and parenthood. The different chapters together illustrate how taking a discourse perspective facilitates understanding of the complex and subtle ways in which gender is represented, constructed and contested through language. The book engages critically with long-running and on-going debates, but also reflects and develops current understandings of gender, identity and discourse, particularly the shift from 'gender differences' to the discoursal shaping of gender. Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis thus offers not only insights and methodologies of new empirical studies but also careful theorisations, in particular of discourse, text, identity and gender. The collection is a valuable resource for researchers, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates working in the area of gender and discourse.