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Book Synopsis

Significantly expanded and updated, the second edition ofThe Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality brings together a team of the leading specialists in the field to create a comprehensive overview of key historical themes and issues, along with methodologies and cutting-edge research topics.

  • Examines the dynamic ways that women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk, presenting data and case studies from interactions in a range of social contexts and different communities
  • Substantially updated for the second edition, including a new introduction, 24 newly-commissioned chapters, ten updated chapters, and a comprehensive index
  • Includes new chapters on research in non-English speaking countries from Asia to South America and cutting-edge topics such as language, gender, and popular culture; language and sexual identities; and language, gender, and socio-phonetics
  • New sections focus on key themes and issues

    Table of Contents

    List of Figures xi

    List of Tables xiii

    Notes on Contributors xv

    Acknowledgments xxi

    Introduction: Language, Gender, and Sexuality 1
    Susan Ehrlich and Miriam Meyerhoff

    Part I Theory and History 21

    1 The Feminist Foundations of Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research 23
    Mary Bucholtz

    2 Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology: Toward Effective Interventions in Gender Inequity 48
    Bonnie McElhinny

    3 Language and Desire 68
    Don Kulick

    Part II Methods 85

    4 Variation and Gender 87
    Miriam Meyerhoff

    5 Sociophonetics, Gender, and Sexuality 103
    Robert J. Podesva and Sakiko Kajino

    6 Ethnographic Methods for Language and Gender Research 123
    Niko Besnier and Susan U. Philips

    7 Conversation Analysis in Language and Gender Studies 141
    Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger

    8 Gender and Categorial Systematics 161
    Elizabeth Stokoe and Frederick Attenborough

    9 Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Relevance for Current Gender and Language Research 180
    Michelle M. Lazar

    Part III Identities 201

    10 Language and Sexual Identities 203
    Robin Queen

    11 Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized Gender Identities 220
    Kira Hall

    12 Language and Masculinity 240
    Bethan Benwell

    13 Queering Masculinities 260
    Tommaso M. Milani

    Part IV Ideologies 279

    14 Gender and Language Ideologies 281
    Deborah Cameron

    15 The Power of Gender Ideologies In Discourse 297
    Susan U. Philips

    16 Meaning-Making and Ideologies of Gender and Sexuality 316
    Sally McConnell-Ginet

    17 A Marked Man: The Contexts of Gender and Ethnicity 335
    Sara Trechter

    Part V Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives 353

    18 Language and Gender Research in Poland: An Overview 355
    Agnieszka Kie³kiewicz-Janowiak and Joanna Pawelczyk

    19 Historical Discourse Approach to Japanese Women’s Language: Ideology, Indexicality, and Metalanguage 378
    Momoko Nakamura

    20 Language and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa 396
    Enam Al-Wer

    21 Language and Gender Research in Brazil: An Overview 412
    Ana Cristina Ostermann and Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes

    Part VI Domains and Institutions 431

    22 Language and Gender in the Workplace 433
    Janet Holmes

    23 Language, Gender, and Sexual Violence: Legal Perspectives 452
    Susan Ehrlich

    24 Language and Gender in Educational Contexts 471
    Julia Menard-Warwick, Miki Mori, and Serena Williams

    25 Gender and Family Interaction 491
    Deborah Tannen

    26 Language and Gender in Peer Interactions among Children and Youth 509
    Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Amy Kyratzis

    27 Language and Gender in Adolescence 529
    Penelope Eckert

    Part VII Engagement and Application 547

    28 Gender, Endangered Languages, and Revitalization 549
    Barbra A. Meek

    29 Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer-Mediated Communication 567
    Susan C. Herring and Sharon Stoerger

    30 “One Man in Two is a Woman”: Linguistic Approaches to Gender in Literary Texts 587
    Anna Livia

    31 Language, Gender, and Popular Culture 604
    Mary Talbot

    32 The Public View of Language and Gender: Still Wrong After All These Years 625
    Alice F. Freed

    Index 647

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9781119384205, 978-1119384205
      ISBN10: 1119384206
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Significantly expanded and updated, the second edition ofThe Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality brings together a team of the leading specialists in the field to create a comprehensive overview of key historical themes and issues, along with methodologies and cutting-edge research topics.

      • Examines the dynamic ways that women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk, presenting data and case studies from interactions in a range of social contexts and different communities
      • Substantially updated for the second edition, including a new introduction, 24 newly-commissioned chapters, ten updated chapters, and a comprehensive index
      • Includes new chapters on research in non-English speaking countries from Asia to South America and cutting-edge topics such as language, gender, and popular culture; language and sexual identities; and language, gender, and socio-phonetics
      • New sections focus on key themes and issues

        Table of Contents

        List of Figures xi

        List of Tables xiii

        Notes on Contributors xv

        Acknowledgments xxi

        Introduction: Language, Gender, and Sexuality 1
        Susan Ehrlich and Miriam Meyerhoff

        Part I Theory and History 21

        1 The Feminist Foundations of Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research 23
        Mary Bucholtz

        2 Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology: Toward Effective Interventions in Gender Inequity 48
        Bonnie McElhinny

        3 Language and Desire 68
        Don Kulick

        Part II Methods 85

        4 Variation and Gender 87
        Miriam Meyerhoff

        5 Sociophonetics, Gender, and Sexuality 103
        Robert J. Podesva and Sakiko Kajino

        6 Ethnographic Methods for Language and Gender Research 123
        Niko Besnier and Susan U. Philips

        7 Conversation Analysis in Language and Gender Studies 141
        Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger

        8 Gender and Categorial Systematics 161
        Elizabeth Stokoe and Frederick Attenborough

        9 Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Relevance for Current Gender and Language Research 180
        Michelle M. Lazar

        Part III Identities 201

        10 Language and Sexual Identities 203
        Robin Queen

        11 Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized Gender Identities 220
        Kira Hall

        12 Language and Masculinity 240
        Bethan Benwell

        13 Queering Masculinities 260
        Tommaso M. Milani

        Part IV Ideologies 279

        14 Gender and Language Ideologies 281
        Deborah Cameron

        15 The Power of Gender Ideologies In Discourse 297
        Susan U. Philips

        16 Meaning-Making and Ideologies of Gender and Sexuality 316
        Sally McConnell-Ginet

        17 A Marked Man: The Contexts of Gender and Ethnicity 335
        Sara Trechter

        Part V Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives 353

        18 Language and Gender Research in Poland: An Overview 355
        Agnieszka Kie³kiewicz-Janowiak and Joanna Pawelczyk

        19 Historical Discourse Approach to Japanese Women’s Language: Ideology, Indexicality, and Metalanguage 378
        Momoko Nakamura

        20 Language and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa 396
        Enam Al-Wer

        21 Language and Gender Research in Brazil: An Overview 412
        Ana Cristina Ostermann and Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes

        Part VI Domains and Institutions 431

        22 Language and Gender in the Workplace 433
        Janet Holmes

        23 Language, Gender, and Sexual Violence: Legal Perspectives 452
        Susan Ehrlich

        24 Language and Gender in Educational Contexts 471
        Julia Menard-Warwick, Miki Mori, and Serena Williams

        25 Gender and Family Interaction 491
        Deborah Tannen

        26 Language and Gender in Peer Interactions among Children and Youth 509
        Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Amy Kyratzis

        27 Language and Gender in Adolescence 529
        Penelope Eckert

        Part VII Engagement and Application 547

        28 Gender, Endangered Languages, and Revitalization 549
        Barbra A. Meek

        29 Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer-Mediated Communication 567
        Susan C. Herring and Sharon Stoerger

        30 “One Man in Two is a Woman”: Linguistic Approaches to Gender in Literary Texts 587
        Anna Livia

        31 Language, Gender, and Popular Culture 604
        Mary Talbot

        32 The Public View of Language and Gender: Still Wrong After All These Years 625
        Alice F. Freed

        Index 647

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