Gender and Politeness (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 17) - Hardcover

Mills, Sara

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9780521810845: Gender and Politeness (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 17)

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ISBN 10: 0521810841 ISBN 13: 9780521810845

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Challenging the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men (as language and gender literature claim), Sara Mills discusses the complex relationship between gender and politeness. Mills argues that, although women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity, can appear to be acting more politely than men, there are many circumstances where women will act as "impolitely" as men.

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Book Description:

Gender and Politeness challenges the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men as much of the language and gender literature claims. Sara Mills discusses the complex relations between gender and politeness and argues that although there are circumstances when women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity to guide their behaviour, will appear to be acting in a more polite way than men, there are many circumstances where women will act just as impolitely as men.

About the Author:

Sara Mills is Research Professor in the School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University. Her previous books include Feminist Stylistics and the edited volumes Gendering the Reader and Language and Gender.

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