A Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender (MM Textbooks, 13) (Volume 13) - Softcover

Jule, Allyson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178309785X ISBN 13: 9781783097852

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2017

Synopsis

In this revised and updated 2nd edition of her pioneering textbook, Allyson Jule offers fresh insights into the study of language and gender for those new to the subject. Students will gain a thorough grounding in theoretical and practical perspectives on gender and language in the workplace, media, school, religion and domestic settings. Updates to the 2nd edition include discussion of: language and rape culture; LGBTQ terminology; language and social media; gaming; eco-feminism; and language, gender and Islam. The book is an ideal introductory text for courses specifically focused on language and gender, as well as those where an understanding of these issues would be helpful. Written in an engaging and reader-friendly style, with study questions, suggestions for further reading and a glossary, this book is the ideal starting point for students wishing to understand how language and gender interact in the modern world.

About this title

About the Author:

Allyson Jule is an academic specialising in the interaction between language and gender. She is Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada and an associate of the University of Oxford's International Gender Studies Centre. She has published widely, and her work has featured in TIME magazine and The Ladies Home Journal.

Review:

A Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender is a comprehensive, nuanced and accessible guide to the most important issues in language and gender. In this second edition, which covers everything from gendered toilet spaces to technology, from violence on campus to sexuality, Jule writes with elegant clarity and clear expertise, connecting research to reality in a seamless whole. -- Annabelle Mooney, University of Roehampton, UK

The second edition of Allyson Jule's A Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender is an excellent introduction to the field. Sophisticated in its concepts, while being very clear in its writing, it is as comprehensive as an introductory text can be. And it is thoroughly up-to-date, including coverage of new technology, sexuality, and transgenderism. -- Jane Sunderland, Lancaster University, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 178309785X
• ISBN 13: 9781783097852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128