The Handbook of Language and Gender

The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that examines the dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk. Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating picture of the field for students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines Features data and case studies from interactions in different social contexts and from a range of different communities

The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection ofarticles written by leading specialists in the field that examinesthe dynamic ways in which women and men develop and manage genderedidentities through their talk.* * Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and stimulating pictureof the field for students and researchers in a wide range ofdisciplines* * Features data and case studies from interactions in differentsocial contexts and from a range of different communities

Notes on Contributors.Acknowledgments.Different Voices, Different Views: An Introduction to CurrentResearch in Language and Gender (Janet Holmes and MiriamMeyerhoff).Part I: History and theoretical Background to the Study oflanguage and Gender.1. Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and LinguisticAnthropology (Bonnie McElhinny).2. Theories of Discourse as Theories of Gender: DiscourseAnalysis in Language and Gender Studies (Mary Bucholtz).3. "What's in a Name?" Social Labeling and GenderPractices (Sally McConnell-Ginet).4. Variation in Language and Gender (Suzanne Romaine).5. Language and Desire (Don Lulick).6. "One Man in Two is a Woman": Linguistic Approaches to Genderin Literary Texts (Anna Livia).Part II: Negotiating Relations.7. Language, Gender, and Politics: Putting "Women" and "Power"in the Same Sentence (Robin Lakoff).8. Gender and Family Interaction (Deborah Tannen).9. Gender and Power in On-line Communication (Susan C.Herring).10. The Relevance of Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Children'sPeer Negotiations (Marjorie Harness Goodwin).11. The Power of Gender Ideologies in Discourse (Susan U.Philips).Part III: Authenticity and Place.12. Crossing Genders, Mixing Languages: The LinguisticConstruction of Transgenderism in Tonga (Niko Besnier).13. Claiming a Place: Gender, Knowledge, and Authority asEmergent Properties (Miriam Meyerhoff).14. Constructing and Managing Male Exclusivity inTalk-in-interaction (Jack Sidnell).15. Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized GenderIdentities (Kira Hall).16. Language and Gender in Adolescence (Penelope Eckert).17. Language and Gendered Modernity (William L. Leap).18. A Marked Man: The Contexts o Gender and Ethnicity (SaraTrechter).Part IV: Stereotypes and Norms.19. Gender and Language Ideologies (Deborah Cameron).20. Gender Stereotypes: Reproduction and Challenge (MaryTalbot).21. Gender and Identity: Representation and Social Action (AnnWeatherall and Cindy Gallois).22. Prestige, Cultural Models, and Other Ways to Talking AboutUnderlying Norms and Gender (Scott Fabius Kiesling).23. Communicating Gendered Professional Identity: Competence,Cooperation, and Conflict in the Workplace (Caja Thimm, Sabine C.Koch, and Sabine Schey).24. Linguistic Sexism and Feminist Linguistic Activism (AnnePauwels).Part V: Institutional Discourse.25. "Feminine" Workplaces: Stereotype and Reality (Janet Holmesand Maria Stubbe).26. Creating Gendered Demeanors of Authority at Work and at Home(Shari Kendall).27. Schooled Language: Language and Gender in EducationalSettings (Joan Swann).28. Coercing Gender: Language in Sexual Assault AdjudicationProcesses (Susan Ehrlich).29. Multiple Identities: The Roles of Female Parliamentarians inthe EU Parliament (Ruth Wodak).Epilogue: reflections on Language and Gender Research (Alice F.Freed).Index.