A Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender

by Allyson Jule

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783097852
Publisher:	Channel View Publications
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Series:	MM Textbooks , #13
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Allyson Jule is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada. She is President of Canada’s Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Association. Her research focuses on language and gender, and gender and education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements      

Prologue to the Second Edition

Part I: Understanding Gender and Language Use             

Chapter 1. The Emergence and Direction of the Field     

Chapter 2. Language as Gendered          

Part II: Understanding Gender and Language Use in Various Contexts—Brief Introductions

Chapter 3. Gender and Language Use in the Media and Technology        

Chapter 4. Gender and Language Use in Education          

Chapter 5. Gender and Language Use in the Workplace

Chapter 6. Gender and Language Use in Religion: Judaism, Christianity and Islam              

Chapter 7. Gender and Language Use in Negotiated Relationships           

Chapter 8. An Anti-Conclusion  

Glossary              

References        

Index   

Editorial Reviews

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

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"

From the Publisher

This book provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the ever-popular topic of Language and Gender, exploring the fascinating links between language, gender and identity.

Jennifer Coates

This engaging handbook by Allyson Jule shows that Gender and Language is equally about our personal and lived experience as it is about different scholarly perspectives and theories. It shows that acting out our lives as gendered people implicates all aspects of our selves: as students, partners, parents, workers, friends, worshippers, entertainers and consumers of culture. The book provides a guide through the subject’s historical origins, key theoretical perspectives and latest thinking in the field. It also invites readers to consider how gender and language influences education, the workplace, the media, religion and a range of interpersonal and social contexts.

Dr. Judith Baxter

Allyson Jule’s handbook on Gender and Language Use is an engaging introduction to key concepts, developments and debates in the field of gender and language studies. First time students of gendered language use will find its glossary, study questions and bibliography helpful entry points into this field. Jule’s survey of gendered language use in context provides a foundation for, and will hopefully inspire, further study of gender and language use. For Jule does not only provide an introduction to gender and language studies in this book; she explains why such studies matter.

Kate Power

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

Allyson Jule's book offers a compact, accessible, up-to-the minute introduction to a range of hot topics in language and gender. She examines the relevance of gender in understanding the way we use language in the media, education, the workplace, and the church, as well as in personal relationships, Jule brings a stringently critical lens to bear in exploring the political implications of different choices, extending the discussion to encompass issues such as poverty and globalisation.

Janet Holmes