Feminism and Linguistic Theory - Softcover

Cameron, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312083769 ISBN 13: 9780312083762

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1992

Synopsis

Feminism, as a movement for social change, has always recognized the significance of language in both theory and practice. In the new feminist scholarship of the past two decades, theories about language have played an important part in attempts to understand and transform women's lives. Feminism and Linguistic Theory is a critical but comprehensive and accessbile introduction to recent work in this area. It ranges over a wide and varied field; not only does it review work in linguistics and other mainstream disciplines, but the alternative currents of radical feminist, Lacanian and postmodernist linguistic thought are given detailed consideration.

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Review:

'I can think of no more enjoyable or clear or generally approachable introduction to the most vexing problems in the study of language than Deborah Cameron's Feminism and Linguistic Theory. It offers a sterling example of the illuminations which are made possible when questions of gender are firmly at the heart of serious critical enquiry.' - Jane Miller, Institute of Education, University of London

About the Author:

Deborah Cameron is Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford. An internationally-known researcher in the field of language and gender studies, she is the author / editor of several academic books on the subject, as well as many articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0312083769
• ISBN 13: 9780312083762
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 260