Language and sexism /

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Author / Creator:Mills, Sara, 1954-
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814031
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ISBN:0511429339
9780511429330
9780511429712
0511429711
0521001749
0521807115
9780521807111
9780521001748
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-173) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:The author takes a critical look at sexism in language and argues that even in feminist circles it has become a problematic concept. Drawing on conversational and textual data collected over the last ten years, Mills suggests that there are two forms of sexism - overt and indirect.
Other form:Print version: Mills, Sara, 1954- Language and sexism. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 0521807115 0521001749

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Problems with research on sexism -- Overt sexism and indirect sexism -- Responses to sexism -- Problems of reform -- Changing nature of feminist impact -- Changing status of women -- My theoretical positon -- Third wave feminism -- Critical discourse analysis -- Structure of the book -- Overt sexism -- Hate speech and sexism -- Contexts of sexism -- Types of overt sexism -- Words and meaning -- Processes -- Sexism, racism and homophobia -- Language reform -- Institutional language change -- Strategies of reform -- Critique -- Alternative terms -- Feminist renaming/neologism -- Critique by using marked words -- Inflecting pejorative words positively -- Answering back/wit -- Effectiveness of reform -- Responses to anti-sexist campaigns -- 'Political correctness' -- Development of the term 'politicial correctness' -- 'Political incorrectness' -- Positive evaluation of 'political incorrectness' -- 'Political incorrectness' as a term of disparagement -- Ridiculing/irony -- As a synonym for 'sexist' or 'racist' -- Anti-sexist campaigns and 'political correctness' -- Model of 'political correctness' and anti-sexism -- Indirect sexism -- Language as a system -- Language as a system -- Stereotypes -- Institutions and language -- Indirect sexism -- Types of indirect sexism -- Humour -- Presupposition -- Conflicting messages -- Scripts and metaphors -- Collocation -- Androcentric perspective -- Challenging indirect sexism -- Conclusions -- Public sensitivity to issues of sexism -- Why analyse sexism -- Why reform matters -- Should we accept sexism? 
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