| Feminist Critique of Language: second edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cameron, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415164001 ISBN-13: 9780415164009 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Since its first publication in 1990, "The Feminist Critique of Language" has been the established guide to the major debates and directions in current feminist thinking about language. This edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded to take account of new developments in feminist thought about language, including new material on sexist language and political correctness, and gender and language on the internet. New extracts have been included from: Felly Nkweto Simmonds, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Luce Irigaray, Sara Mills, Margaret Doyle, Debbie Cameron, Susan Ehrlich and Ruth King, Kate Clark, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Deborah Tannen, Aki Uchida, Jennifer Coates and Kira Hall. Each section has been subdivided to clarify the key areas of debate and new editorial material and suggested reading sections have been added. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Alphabets & Writing Systems |
| Dewey: 408.2 |
| LCCN: 97-23068 |
| Series: World and Word |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.88" W x 9.68" (1.72 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Feminist Critique of Language provides a wide-ranging selection of writings on language, gender, and feminist thought. It serves both as a guide to the current debates and directions and as a digest of the history of twentieth-century feminist ideas about language. This edition includes extracts from Felly Nkweto Simmonds, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Luce Irigaray, Sara Mills, Margaret Doyle, Debbie Cameron, Susan Ehrlich, Ruth King, Kate Clark, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Deborah Tannen, Aki Uchida, Jennifer Coates and Kira Hall. |
