The term dogwhistle, meaning a political message with a hidden or coded meaning, only entered mainstream usage in the mid-1990s, but today it seems to be everywhere. Accusations of dogwhistling fly in every political direction, and the meaning of the term has broadened to encompass an ever-expanding range of words, images, actions and objects.This book investigates the rise of the dogwhistle as a key cultural and political reference point, arguing that it's a sign of our political ...

'Feminism' wrote Marie Shear in 1986, 'is the radical notion that women are people'. But, simple and powerful though this definition is, feminism is not a single, clear narrative. It doesn't begin with a specific event at a particular moment in time, it can't be identified with any one political organization or movement, and it isn't defined by the contributions of a handful of great thinkers.Here, Professor Deborah Cameron unpicks the various strands that constitute one of history...

Popular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of 'date-rape' to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place. In this wide-ranging and thoroughly readable book, Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and ...

Come definire il femminismo, cos'è questo movimento? Non sarebbe preferibile usare il plurale, "femminismi"? E quanto ha coinvolto le donne e appartiene alla conoscenza diffusa?Come ricorda Barbara Mapelli nella sua prefazione, sono questi alcuni degli interrogativi sempre attuali con cui si confronta questo denso volume, coraggioso e generoso, che con un linguaggio piano e comprensibile discute di oppressione, sessualità e femminilità, violenza, teorie accademiche, cultura e attivi...

En "Feminismo" Deborah Cameron realiza un recorrido completo y muy aclarador por la historia, desarrollo y actuales debates (sin rehuir algunos de los más controvertidos, como el de las "madres de alquiler" o el de los atuendos de las mujeres musulmanas) de este movimiento social. Partiendo de una doble definición de feminismo como movimiento contra la discriminación de la mujer y movimiento que se funda en la creencia de que las diferencias que históricamente se han creado en torno a homb...

In this vitally important and engaging text, leading feminist linguist Deborah Cameron explores the role of language and discourse in perpetuating sexism and misogyny in the twenty-first century.Covering how the linguistic expression of prejudice against women has evolved during the last fifty years, the author of the blog Language: A feminist guide pays attention both to the persistence of familiar problems, such as the dominance of men in many interactional settings, and...

Come definire il femminismo, cos’è questo movimento? Non sarebbe preferibile usare il plurale, “femminismi”? E quanto ha coinvolto le donne e appartiene alla conoscenza diffusa? Come ricorda Barbara Mapelli nella sua prefazione, sono questi alcuni degli interrogativi sempre attuali con cui si confronta questo denso volume, coraggioso e generoso, che con un linguaggio piano e comprensibile discute di oppressione, sessualità e femminilità, violenza, teorie accademiche, cultura e attivismo, d...

In Verbal Hygiene, Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the practice of ‘verbal hygiene’, as a misguided and pernicious exercise, she argues that popular discourse about language values – good and bad, right and wrong – serves an important function for those engaged in it. A series of case studies deal with specific examples of verbal hygiene: the reg...

In the Sedgewick lecture for 2012, Professor Deborah Cameron investigates the age-old question of whether men and women are different kinds of beings, both physically and intellectually. She begins by noting that in the 19th century that most writers saw men as being intellectually superior to women in their use of language. But she also observes that this position was gradually modified in the 20th century, that is, until the 1990s, when there was a sudden resurgence of the essentialist i...

This collection of articles presents a selection of Deborah Cameron’s work on language, gender and sex in one single volume. Arranged thematically, this book covers major developments in Anglo-American feminist linguistics, and Cameron’s responses to these, spanning the last twenty years.The collection’s overarching theme is the political relationship between language and gender: four distinctly themed sections demonstrate that a variety of forces affect gender relations, and gende...

It′s good to talk is one of the great clich[ac]es of our time. The benefits of talk to individuals, families and organizations are proclaimed by pop psychologists, television talk show hosts, and management gurus. The importance of talk is talked about endlessly.`Good to Talk? is an attempt to look critically at what lies behind this upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces, classrooms and private lives, and it places these developments in historical context...

The Teacher's Guide to Grammar is unique in focusing directly on the aspects of grammar that teachers need to know. Assuming little or no formal linguistic education, this concise and accessible book provides the necessary background knowledge required in the classroom context. There are detailed chapters on the nuts and bolts of language: words, morphology, sentences, phrases, verbs, and clauses. Other important educational issues concerned in the teaching of English are discussed: the gr...