Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender

Allyson Jule is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada. She is President of Canada’s Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Association. Her research focuses on language and gender, and gender and education.

A Beginner’s Guide to Language and Gender is a comprehensive, nuanced and accessible guide to the most important issues in language and gender. In this second edition, which covers everything from gendered toilet spaces to technology, from violence on campus to sexuality, Jule writes with elegant clarity and clear expertise, connecting research to reality in a seamless whole.

• Acknowledgements      Prologue to the Second EditionPart I: Understanding Gender and Language Use             Chapter 1. The Emergence and Direction of the Field     Chapter 2. Language as Gendered          Part II: Understanding Gender and Language Use in Various Contexts—Brief IntroductionsChapter 3. Gender and Language Use in the Media and Technology        Chapter 4. Gender and Language Use in Education          Chapter 5. Gender and Language Use in the WorkplaceChapter 6. Gender and Language Use in Religion: Judaism, Christianity and Islam              Chapter 7. Gender and Language Use in Negotiated Relationships           Chapter 8. An Anti-Conclusion  Glossary              References        Index