Discourses to Gender-Based Violence - Deconstructing Social Inequality through Linguistic Inquiry

This volume illustrates how the adoption of discourse approaches can cast light on the complex and often subtle ways in which gender-based violence (GBV) discursively operates. The focus is on careful theorisations and empirical contributions that foreground GVB as a human rights violation motivated by the gender of the targeted community. The chapters are premised on the belief that the hierarchical social arrangements that are inherent to GVB are symbolically realised through language use. The book resonates with previous feminist discourse scholarship whilst explicitly focusing on the theme of GVB. It intends to be a valuable resource for language and gender researchers and to organisations willing to prevent and respond to GVB.

About the author

Sergio Maruenda-Bataller and Laura Mercé, IULMA/Universitat de València, Spain.

Summary

This volume illustrates how the adoption of discourse approaches can cast light on the complex and often subtle ways in which gender-based violence (GBV) discursively operates. The focus is on careful theorisations and empirical contributions that foreground GVB as a human rights violation motivated by the gender of the targeted community. The chapters are premised on the belief that the hierarchical social arrangements that are inherent to GVB are symbolically realised through language use. The book resonates with previous feminist discourse scholarship whilst explicitly focusing on the theme of GVB. It intends to be a valuable resource for language and gender researchers and to organisations willing to prevent and respond to GVB.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sergio Maruenda-Bataller (Editor), Mercé (Editor), Laura Mercé (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.01.2026
• EAN: 9783111348698
• ISBN: 978-3-11-134869-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Illustrations: 67 b/w ill., 14 b/w tbl.
• Series: Critical Approaches in Applied Linguistics [CRITAL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Social Inequality, Soziale Ungleichheit, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Linguistics, Feministische Linguistik, Gender-based Violence, Kritische Diskursanalyse, Social Justice, SOC032000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, critical discourse analysis, Feminist Linguistics, Geschlechterbezogene Gewalt