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Book SynopsisFocusing on the female voice in public contexts, language and gender specialists consider the barriers and opportunities encountered by women in gaining recognition in politics, law, the church, education, business and the media, where people are increasingly judged by their speech and where male and female speech is often evaluated differently.
Trade Review'I appreciate the breadth of contexts studied, from media, politics, work settings, religion courtrooms and classrooms. I believe they constitute a solid coverage that potentially make the book a classic, bridging a broad spectrum of evidence that will be very useful both to advanced undergraduate and to graduate students and to researchers...There is no other text that does similar work...very exciting and satisfying.' - Victoria Bergvall, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Michigan Technological University, USA
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; J.Baxter PART 1: THEORISING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Theorising the Female Voice in Public Contexts; D.Cameron Gaining a Public Voice: An Historical Perspective on American Women's Speech in Public Contexts; J.M.Bean Constructing Gender in Public Arguments: The Female Voice as Emotional Voice; L.Litosseliti PART 2: RESEARCHING THE FEMALE VOICE IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS Gender and Performance Anxiety at Academic Conferences; S.Mills Governed by the Rules?: The Female Voice in Parliamentary Debates; S.Shaw Silence as Morality: Lecturing at a Theology College; A.Julé Gender and the Genre of the Broadcast Political Interview; C.Walsh Trial Discourse and Judicial Decision-making: Constraining the Boundaries of Gendered Identities; S.Ehrlich 'Do we have to agree with her?' How High School Girls Negotiate Leadership in Public Contexts; J.Baxter Positioning the Female Voice within Work and Family; S.Kendall Culture, Voice and the Public Sphere: A Critical Analysis of the Female Voices on Sexuality in Indigenous South African Society; P.Hanong 'They say it's a man's world, but you can't prove it by me': African-American Comediennes' Construction of Voice in the Public Space; D.Troutman Effective Leadership in New Zealand Workplaces: Balancing Gender and Role; M.Marra, S.Schnurr & J.Holmes Index
