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Untying the Tongue Gender, Power, and the Word

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ISBN-10: 0275973158

ISBN-13: 9780275973155

Edition: N/A

Authors: Linda Longmire, Lisa Merrill, WJ Cody

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The words and grammatical structure of a given language are the most basic building blocks of thought and communication; they reflect the ways speakers conceptualize themselves and their world and communicate with others. Since language reflects a culture's biases and inequities, a socially constructed, gendered power differential between men and women may lead each to have very different relationships to language. The essays in this collection explore some of the ways in which power and its expression (or repression) is gendered. The contributors seek to discover contexts and patterns within which power is articulated, reproduced, and ultimately transformed. While some contributors provide…    
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List price: $45.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

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Introduction
References
Gender and the Word
Reference
Masculinist Generic Language and the U.S. Woman's Rights Movement, 1850-1920
The French Connection: Luce Irigaray and International Research on Language and Gender
Notes
Notes
The Possessive, Gender, and Subjectivity
Chinese Sexist Language, Behavior, and Cultural Attitudes
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Gender and the Image
Reference
Writing Lives and Telling Tales: Visions and Revisions
Reading Our Selves in the Cannibal Galaxy
Females and Feminism in New Yorker Cartoons
References
Basic Instinct: Does Hollywood Instinctively Marginalize Lesbians and Gays?
Notes
Gender, Power, and the Media
Note
Spectatorship and Complicity: Who Is the "Accused" in Popular Film Depictions of Gender and Violence?
Evolving Images of Women and Men: The Construction of Gender Roles on Mtv
References
Teaching Theoretical Perspectives in the Gender and Communication Classroom: From Biology to Hegemony in Coach
References
Toward A Feminist Pedagogy: Using Television to Explore Gender and Communication Issues in the Classroom
Power and Pedagogy
Reference
The Grammar of Connected Teaching
Voices Seldom Heard: A Descriptive Analysis of Female and Male Teachers' Positive Interactions with Young People
(re)telling the Old Tales: The Emerging Voices of Women in English and Mathematics
For Further Reading
Lab Coats and Little Girls: The Science Experiences of Women Majoring in Biology and Education at a Private University
Power and Relation at Home and at Work
Note
Women and Friends in the Workplace: A Study of Coworker Relationships and the Communication Within Them
Case Management: Nurses and Physicians Confronting Gendered Organization
Communication Patterns and Decision Making: A Comparison of Third-Party Assessments and Couple Self-Reports
Power and Empowerment
A Feminist Guide to Studying Self-Esteem in Communication
Notes
References
Enhancing Argumentativeness and Argumentative Behavior: The Influence of Gender and Training
Strategic Storytelling: Constructing Self Through Narrative and Nautilus
Women's Spirituality: Attitudes, Visions, and Health
Postmodern Possibilities: Gender, Power, and Moral Development
Index
About the Contributors