Representation of the British Suffrage Movement

Kat Gupta is a Researcher at the University of Nottingham, UK.

This volume is an exemplary study showcasing how a triangulation of corpus linguistic methods with discourse analytical theories and techniques can offer systematic insights into the public discourse of a protest movement, contributing to a better understanding of histoire des mentalités and social history in general. Written in an accessible way, this volume is an excellent model of analytical and methodological interdisciplinarity, and an inspiration for students, researchers and scholars interested in studying discourse in its social and historical dimensions.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Using linguistic approaches to historical data: examining the suffrage movement with corpus and discourse analysis. 2. Methodology 3. The taint of militancy is not upon them: suffragists, militants and direct action Introduction4. Texts within articles: the role of suggestive placement 5. Public figure and private nuisance: Emily Wilding Davison 6. Maenads, hysterical young girls, miserable women and dupes of the suffrage leaders: the suffrage movement in Letters to the Editor Conclusion AppendicesReferencesIndex