Gender Language And Myth
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Gender Language And Myth
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Author : Glenwood Henry Irons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Gender Language And Myth written by Glenwood Henry Irons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with American fiction categories.
The Myth Of Mars And Venus
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Author : Deborah Cameron
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-09-11
The Myth Of Mars And Venus written by Deborah Cameron and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Popular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of 'date-rape' to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place. In this wide-ranging and thoroughly readable book, Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University and author of a number of leading texts in the field of language and gender studies, draws on over 30 years of scientific research to explain what we really know and to demonstrate how this is often very different from the accounts we are familiar with from recent popular writing. Ambitious in scope and exceptionally accessible, The Myth of Mars and Venus tells it like it is: widely accepted attitudes from the past and from other cultures are at heart related to assumptions about language and the place of men and women in society; and there is as much similarity and variation within each gender as between men and women, often associated with social roles and relationships. The author goes on to consider the influence of Darwinian theories of natural selection and the notion that girls and boys are socialized during childhood into different ways of using language, before addressing problems of 'miscommunication' surrounding, for example, sex and consent to sex, and women's relative lack of success in work and politics. Arguing that what linguistic differences there are between men and women are driven by the need to construct and project personal meaning and identity, Cameron concludes that we have an urgent need to think about gender in more complex ways than the prevailing myths and stereotypes allow. A compelling and insightful read for anyone with an interest in communication, language, and the sexes.
Women Talk More Than Men
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Author : Abby Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Women Talk More Than Men written by Abby Kaplan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A detailed look at language-related myths that explores both what we know and how we know it.
Gender Myths And Feminist Fables
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Author : Andrea Cornwall
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-02-23
Gender Myths And Feminist Fables written by Andrea Cornwall and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-23 with Political Science categories.
This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers whoexamine the struggles for interpretive power which underliesinternational development. Questions why the insights from years of feminist gender anddevelopment research are so often turned into ‘gendermyths’ and ‘feminist fables’: women are morelikely to care for the environment; are better at working together;are less corrupt; have a seemingly infinite capacity tosurvive Explores how bowdlerized and impoverished representations ofgender relations have simultaneously come to be embedded indevelopment policy and practice Traces the ways in which language and images of development arerelated to practice and provides a nuanced account of the politicsof knowledge production Argues that struggles for interpretive power are not onlyimportant for our own sake, but also for the implications they havefor women’s lives worldwide An informed analysis of how ‘gender’ has beentransformed in its transfer into development policy and how manyauthors are now revisiting and reflecting on their earlierwork
Handbook Of Research On Translating Myth And Reality In Women Imagery Across Disciplines
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Author : Ciol?neanu, Roxana
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2020-11-13
Handbook Of Research On Translating Myth And Reality In Women Imagery Across Disciplines written by Ciol?neanu, Roxana and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-13 with Social Science categories.
Women have been represented in art, literature, music, and more for decades, with the image of the woman changing through time and across cultures. However, rarely has a multidisciplinary approach been taken to examine this imagery and challenge and possibly reinterpret old women-related myths and other taken-for-granted aspects (e.g., grammatically inclusive gender). Moreover, this approach can better place the ideologies as myth creators and propagators, identify and deconstruct stereotypes and prejudices, and compare them across cultures with the view to spot universal vs. culturally specific approaches as far as women's studies and interpretations are concerned. It is important to gather these perspectives to translate and unveil new interpretations to old ideas about women and the feminine that are universally accepted as absolute, impossible to challenge, and invalidated truths. The Handbook of Research on Translating Myth and Reality in Women Imagery Across Disciplines is a comprehensive reference book that provides an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective on the perception and reception of women across time and space. It tackles various perspectives: gender studies, linguistic studies, literature and cultural studies, discourse analysis, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, etc. Its main objective is to present new approaches and propose new answers to old questions related to gender inequalities, stereotypes, and prejudices about women and their place in the world. Covering significant themes that include the ethics of embodiment, myth of motherhood at the crossroad of ideologies, translation of women’s experiences and ideas across cultures, and discourses on women’s rehabilitation and dignification across centuries, this book is critical for linguists, professionals, researchers, academicians, and students working in the fields of women’s studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and literature, as well as other related categories such as political studies, education studies, philosophy, and the social sciences.
Myth And Mythology In English Literature Shakespeare S Gender Representation And Role Reversal In Venus And Adonis
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Author : Daniel Laux
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2013-08-12
Myth And Mythology In English Literature Shakespeare S Gender Representation And Role Reversal In Venus And Adonis written by Daniel Laux and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Augsburg (Institut für Englische Sprachwissenschaft), course: Myth and Mythology in English Literature, language: English, abstract: William Shakespeare is and has always been one of the most read authors of all times. His stories, books, plays and even poems have been discussed and analysed several times and still play an important role in our society as new interpretations and adaptions surface on a daily basis. Pupils still have to read his plays in school and more and more movie and theatre productions seem to find their way into the world of Broadway and Hollywood. However, with today's impact of multimedia technology on society and applied arts a great amount of people forget to look deeper into the real meaning and the controversial issues that Shakespeare dealt with and tried to portray in his written work. Therefore, there has been the development of gender studies and queer theory that tries to have a closer look at Shakespeare and his use of sexual intentions: "So much sex is readily apparent in Shakespeare [...] [and] every play is shot with sexual puns." (Wells 1) One of Shakespeare's best known and most dealt with publications, in regard to gender studies, is his poem Venus and Adonis from 1593, which marks his first published work ever and incorporates two of the best known figures of Greek mythology that were first dealt with in Ovid's Metamorphoses (cf. Shakespeare 125). However, when it comes to their character traits and their course of action, one can notice that both of them adopt attributes from the opposite sex leading to a confusion in terms of gender roles. Both Venus and Adonis slip into the opposite sex when it comes to their physical appearance as well as to their actions and both of them make it quite clear that the poem does not deal with a story of real love, but with unrequited lust instead. In order to show this, this term paper in hand tries to analyse the main protagonists of the poem Venus and Adonis by focusing on their physical appearance as well as on their behaviour towards one another. Furthermore, the slight differences between the original myth itself by Ovid and Shakespeare's altered version will be taken into account in order to show the meaning and to highlight the functions of Shakespeare's version. Finally, this term paper will focus on two highly important symbols which would be the boar and ultimately Adonis' metamorphosis since both have an important meaning in regard to the portrayal of Venus, the Goddess of Love and her object of desire, Adonis.
Gender And The Interpretation Of Classical Myth
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Author : Lillian Doherty
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-02
Gender And The Interpretation Of Classical Myth written by Lillian Doherty and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-02 with History categories.
Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'. This is true in the present no less than when the Greek and Roman myths were created. The struggles to redefine gender roles and identities in our own time are inevitably reflected in our interpretations and retellings of these classical myths. Using the new lenses provided by gender studies and diverse forms of feminism, Lillian Doherty re-examines some of the major approaches to myth interpretation in the twentieth century: psychological, ritualist, 'charter', structuralist and folklorist. She also explores 'popular' uses of classical mythology - from television and comic books to the evocation of goddesses in Jungian psychology.
Gender Language And Myth
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Author : Glenwood Henry Irons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Gender Language And Myth written by Glenwood Henry Irons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
Myths Of Gender
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Author : Anne Fausto-Sterling
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2008-08-04
Myths Of Gender written by Anne Fausto-Sterling and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-04 with Social Science categories.
By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically based sex differences. Features a new chapter and afterward on recent biological breakthroughs.
The Language Myth
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Author : Vyvyan Evans
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-02
The Language Myth written by Vyvyan Evans and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Drawing on cutting-edge research, Evans presents an alternative to the received wisdom, showing how language and the mind really work.