1st Edition

Gender and Discourse Language and Power in Politics, the Church and Organisations

By Clare Walsh Copyright 2001
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Real Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid This is a sociolinguistics series about the relationships between language, society and social change. Books in the series draw on natural language data from a wide range of social contexts. The series takes a critical approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new... Read more
1. Aims and General Theoretical Issues2. Towards a Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis3. Women in the House. A Case Study of Women Labour MPs at Westminster4. Devolving Power, Dissolving Gender Inequalities? A Case Study of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition5. Consuming Politics. A Case Study of the Women's Environmental Network6. Speaking in Different Tongues? A Case Study of Women Priests in the Church of England

Biography

Clare Walsh

'Her book should be read, not only by linguists but by anyone with a serious interest in gender and public life'

Professor Deborah Cameron, Institute of Education, London