E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 164 Seiten
Reihe: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
Chng Separate and Unequal
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-272-9768-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Judicial rhetoric and women's rights
E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 164 Seiten
Reihe: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
ISBN: 978-90-272-9768-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This book argues for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the language of judges with respect to the issue of gender discrimination. Drawing its inspiration from Dell Hymes' socially constituted linguistics, the author examines the language of the judicial opinions of four U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing social and legal discrimination against women. Through a linguistic analysis that is informed by a Foucauldian and feminist perspective, this book addresses the complex issues of the power of judges and ideologies, the politics of language use, and feminist contributions to the subject of discrimination and women's rights. This book is most suitable for researchers and students in cultural studies, ethnography, feminist legal studies, forensic linguistics, gender studies, ideology research, pragmatics, semiotics, and social studies.