Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis
Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis
John Benjamins Pub Co | August 9, 2001 | ISBN-10: 902722692X | 401 pages | PDF | 1.53 MB
John Benjamins Pub Co | August 9, 2001 | ISBN-10: 902722692X | 401 pages | PDF | 1.53 MB
This is a collection of work by researchers in the area of gender and language. It illustrates how a discourse approach to the study of gender and language can facilitate the study of the complex and often subtle ways in which gender identities are represented, constructed and contested through language. The focus of the book is on the notion of continuous construction of a range of masculine and feminine identities within and across individuals of the same biological sex. The collection thus reflects the shift from "differences" to discourse and the associated discoursal shaping of gendered identities and relations. Where gender difference is explored, this is done with a view to challenging existing "givens" and the generalizability of empirical findings.