Language and Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Pakistani Newspapers: Stereotyping in Crime News Headlines - Softcover

Rasul, Sarwet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3847335189 ISBN 13: 9783847335184

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In the traditional patriarchal society of Pakistan gender differences and stereotypes are produced and reproduced in all spheres of life. Newspapers also use language as a tool to create power structures based on gender. Through language choices men and women are presented as unequal: the former as powerful and dominant while the later as powerless and submissive. Within this framework, this work attempts to analyze news reporting in the Pakistani print media with special focus on the headlines of crime news in newspapers. Data for the current research is collected from two Pakistani Urdu dailies i.e. ‘The Jang’ and ‘The Khabrain’, and two English dailies i.e. ‘The News’ and ‘The Dawn’. Research sample comprises only the headlines of the crime news reported from April to June 2009. The collected data is categorized to examine how far crime news reporting reinforces the gender stereotypes existing in the society. Quantitative and qualitative differences in Pakistani English and Urdu newspapers in the use of language for gender representation are also investigated. Findings of the research provide insights into how gender stereotypes are created and presented in Pakistani newspapers.

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About the Author

Dr. Sarwet Rasul is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan. Her areas of interest include bilingualism, discourse-analysis, gender and media. She is the author of a book "Code- mixing and Language Hybridization in Pakistan";and has articles and chapters published nationally and internationally.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847335189
• ISBN 13: 9783847335184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216