The handbook of language and gender / / edited by Janet Holmes and Miriam Meyerhoff

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (777 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44; 417.7
• Soggetto topico: Language and sex; Linguistics
• Altri autori: HolmesJanet <1947-> MeyerhoffMiriam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Handbook of Language and Gender; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Different Voices, Different Views: An Introduction to Current Research in Language and Gender; Part I History and Theoretical Background to the Study of Language and Gender; 1 Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology; 2 Theories of Discourse as Theories of Gender: Discourse Analysis in Language and Gender Studies; 3 "What's in a Name?" Social Labeling and Gender Practices; 4 Variation in Language and Gender; 5 Language and Desire ; 6 "One Man in Two is a Woman": Linguistic Approaches to Gender in Literary TextsPart II Negotiating Relations; 7 Language, Gender, and Politics: Putting "Women" and "Power" in the Same Sentence; 8 Gender and Family Interaction; 9 Gender and Power in On-line Communication; 10 The Relevance of Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Children's Peer Negotiations; 11 The Power of Gender Ideologies in Discourse; Part III Authenticity and Place; 12 Crossing Genders, Mixing Languages: The Linguistic Construction of Transgenderism in Tonga ; 13 Claiming a Place: Gender, Knowledge, and Authority as Emergent Properties14 Constructing and Managing Male Exclusivity in Talk-in-interaction; 15 Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized Gender Identities; 16 Language and Gender in Adolescence; 17 Language and Gendered Modernity; 18 A Marked Man: The Contexts of Gender and Ethnicity; Part IV Stereotypes and Norms; 19 Gender and Language Ideologies; 20 Gender Stereotypes: Reproduction and Challenge; 21 Gender and Identity: Representation and Social Action ; 22 Prestige, Cultural Models, and Other Ways of Talking About Underlying Norms and Gender23 Communicating Gendered Professional Identity: Competence, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Workplace; 24 Linguistic Sexism and Feminist Linguistic Activism; Part V Institutional Discourse; 25 "Feminine" Workplaces: Stereotype and Reality; 26 Creating Gendered Demeanors of Authority at Work and at Home; 27 Schooled Language: Language and Gender in Educational Settings; 28 Coercing Gender: Language in Sexual Assault Adjudication Processes ; 29 Multiple Identities: The Roles of Female Parliamentarians in the EU ParliamentEpilogue: Reflections on Language and Gender Research; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that examines the dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk. Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating picture of the field for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines Features data and case studies from interactions in different social contexts and from a range of different communities
• Titolo autorizzato: The handbook of language and gender
• ISBN: 9786610284603; 1-4051-2320-6; 0-470-70361-X; 1-78034-185-7; 1-280-28460-9; 0-470-75670-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144089603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics ; ; 13.