Joanne McDowell is a Principal Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Hertfordshire, England. She specialises in the area of workplace discourse, gender studies, identity construction, classroom discourse and interactional sociolinguistics. She has published in numerous edited collections and journals including journals Gender, Work and Organisation; Gender and Language, and Gender and Education.

• Table of contentsPart OneChapter One: Introduction Joanne McDowellChapter Two: Male eldercare workers in New ZealandBernadette VineMeredith Marra Janet HolmesChapter Three: "We are breastfeeding, right?" Exploring the discourse of male healthcare providers in antenatal consultations in MalawiStephanie Schnurr Rachel Chimbwete- PhiriChapter Four: A discourse of caring: A case study of male nurses’ discourse and identity construction in the United Kingdom and New ZealandJoanne McDowellMarina Lazzaro-SalazarMeredith MarraChapter Five: Finding their own voice in a women’s world: A case study of male nurses in New ZealandMarina Lazzaro-SalazarPart TwoChapter Six: De-gendering communicative English classrooms in Vietnam. A case study of a male teacher in a female professionNhung Hong Thi NguyenChapter Seven: "Nice, threat-free and child-friendly": Gendered discourses in the Speech and Language Therapy professionLia Litosseliti Claire LeadbeaterChapter Eight: Performing Classroom Management in the Primary School Classroom: A Cross-National StudyJoanne McDowellRevert KlattenbergFriedrich LenzChapter Nine: Gender and (Im)Politeness in Classroom Discourse: Using Pre-reproach Questions to Respond to Pupils’ Parallel Activities in a ‘Context of Care’Revert Klattenberg

Joanne McDowell is a Principal Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Hertfordshire, England. She specialises in the area of workplace discourse, gender studies, identity construction, classroom discourse and interactional sociolinguistics. She has published in numerous edited collections and journals including journals Gender, Work and Organisation; Gender and Language, and Gender and Education.

• Table of contentsPart OneChapter One: Introduction Joanne McDowellChapter Two: Male eldercare workers in New ZealandBernadette VineMeredith Marra Janet HolmesChapter Three: "We are breastfeeding, right?" Exploring the discourse of male healthcare providers in antenatal consultations in MalawiStephanie Schnurr Rachel Chimbwete- PhiriChapter Four: A discourse of caring: A case study of male nurses’ discourse and identity construction in the United Kingdom and New ZealandJoanne McDowellMarina Lazzaro-SalazarMeredith MarraChapter Five: Finding their own voice in a women’s world: A case study of male nurses in New ZealandMarina Lazzaro-SalazarPart TwoChapter Six: De-gendering communicative English classrooms in Vietnam. A case study of a male teacher in a female professionNhung Hong Thi NguyenChapter Seven: "Nice, threat-free and child-friendly": Gendered discourses in the Speech and Language Therapy professionLia Litosseliti Claire LeadbeaterChapter Eight: Performing Classroom Management in the Primary School Classroom: A Cross-National StudyJoanne McDowellRevert KlattenbergFriedrich LenzChapter Nine: Gender and (Im)Politeness in Classroom Discourse: Using Pre-reproach Questions to Respond to Pupils’ Parallel Activities in a ‘Context of Care’Revert Klattenberg

Joanne McDowell is a Principal Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Hertfordshire, England. She specialises in the area of workplace discourse, gender studies, identity construction, classroom discourse and interactional sociolinguistics. She has published in numerous edited collections and journals including journals Gender, Work and Organisation; Gender and Language, and Gender and Education.

• Table of contentsPart OneChapter One: Introduction Joanne McDowellChapter Two: Male eldercare workers in New ZealandBernadette VineMeredith Marra Janet HolmesChapter Three: "We are breastfeeding, right?" Exploring the discourse of male healthcare providers in antenatal consultations in MalawiStephanie Schnurr Rachel Chimbwete- PhiriChapter Four: A discourse of caring: A case study of male nurses’ discourse and identity construction in the United Kingdom and New ZealandJoanne McDowellMarina Lazzaro-SalazarMeredith MarraChapter Five: Finding their own voice in a women’s world: A case study of male nurses in New ZealandMarina Lazzaro-SalazarPart TwoChapter Six: De-gendering communicative English classrooms in Vietnam. A case study of a male teacher in a female professionNhung Hong Thi NguyenChapter Seven: "Nice, threat-free and child-friendly": Gendered discourses in the Speech and Language Therapy professionLia Litosseliti Claire LeadbeaterChapter Eight: Performing Classroom Management in the Primary School Classroom: A Cross-National StudyJoanne McDowellRevert KlattenbergFriedrich LenzChapter Nine: Gender and (Im)Politeness in Classroom Discourse: Using Pre-reproach Questions to Respond to Pupils’ Parallel Activities in a ‘Context of Care’Revert Klattenberg