Language and sexism / / Sara Mills [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Mills Sara <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 408.2
• Soggetto topico: Sexism in language
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Overt sexism; 3 Language reform; 4 'Political correctness'; 5 Indirect sexism; 6 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The issue of sexist language has been hotly debated within feminist circles since the 1960s. Previous books have tended to regard sexism in language as easy to identify and have suggested solutions to overcome and counter sexism. Sara Mills takes a fresh and more critical look at sexism in language, and argues that even in feminist circles it has become a problematic concept. Drawing on conversational and textual data collected over the last ten years, and with reference to recent research carried out in a range of different academic disciplines, Mills suggests that there are two forms of sexism - overt and indirect. Overt sexism is clear and unambiguous, while indirect sexism is based on pragmatics and the meaning and interpretation of utterances. Indirect sexism is extremely common and we therefore need new ways to challenge and analyse its usage in language.
• Altri titoli varianti: Language & Sexism
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and sexism
• ISBN: 1-107-19493-8; 1-281-79124-5; 9786611791247; 0-511-42933-9; 0-511-42814-6; 0-511-42971-1; 0-511-42753-0; 0-511-75503-1; 0-511-42885-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453225703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II