Language, Gender, and Identities at Work

Joelle Loew is a lecturer and researcher in Applied Linguistics with a PhD from the University of Basel. She is also the editor-in-chief of HAZ – Queer Zürich Magazine.

"This engaging book explores the role of gender and the processes of gendering in the largely overlooked professional context of agile IT companies. Using naturally occurring interactions and interviews, it convincingly demonstrates how gender and agile are interwoven in complex ways. A must read for anyone researching gender and language!"Stephanie Schnurr, University of Warwick "This book presents the first linguistic study to empirically engage with agile methodologies and linking them to gendering processes. It convinces with careful ways of reflecting on theory and methodology and is of interest to scholars of professional discourse, identity construction and gender."Miriam Locher, University of Basel

• 1. Introducing a linguistic lens onto agile IT 2. Agile ways of working and gender 3. Solving methodological and analytical challenges when working with authentic workplace discourse 4. Navigating gendered work in the field of IT 5. Degrees of gendering in agile communities of practice 6. De-gendering agile IT 7. Gender, agile work, and identity: layers of (de-)gendering in workplace discourse 8. Implications and future directions Appendix Index