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Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore how gender and sexuality are represented and constructed through language. This is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Language, Linguistics and Gender Studies.
List of contents
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 – What Questions Might A Linguist Ask about Language, Gender and Sexuality?
Chapter 2 – Theorising Gender and Sexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory and Performativity
Chapter 3 – What Does It Mean To Do Research in Language, Gender and Sexuality?
Chapter 4 – An Overview of Analytical Frameworks
Chapter 5 – Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Private and Public Contexts
Chapter 6 – Researching Linguistic Representations of Gender and Sexuality in the Media
Chapter 7 – Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Forensic Contexts
Chapter 8 – Breaking the Binary: Investigating Transgender, Gender Variance and Language
Chapter 9 – Researching Gender- and Sexuality-based Discriminatory Language
Chapter 10 – Writing Up, Drawing Conclusions and Sharing Your Research
Appendix
References
Index
About the author
Helen Sauntson is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at York St John University, UK. Her research areas are language in education and language, gender and sexuality. She has published a range of books, chapters and journal articles in these areas and is co-editor of the Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality book series.
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Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore how gender and sexuality are represented and constructed through language. This is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Language, Linguistics and Gender Studies.
