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Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign. The analysis considers similarities and differences between the women and their male colleagues, as well as between the women themselves; it also discusses the way gender - and its relationship to language - was taken up as an issue in media coverage of the campaign.
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“The monograph is both well written and logically structured … . Cameron and Shaws work is a much welcome addition to the fields of critical political discourse analysis and gendered discourse analysis.” (Frazer Heritage, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 18 (4), 2019)
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Deborah Cameron is Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University. She has been an active researcher in the field of language and gender studies since 1985, and her previous publications include The Myth of Mars and Venus (2007), On Language and Sexual Politics (2006) and Feminism and Linguistic Theory (1992).
Sylvia Shaw is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Middlesex University, UK. She has examined gender and language in the House of Commons, and conducted ESRC funded research in all the UK’s legislative assemblies. She has published book chapters and journal articles, and is currently preparing a book, Women, Language and Politics.
Sylvia Shaw is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Middlesex University, UK. She has examined gender and language in the House of Commons, and conducted ESRC funded research in all the UK’s legislative assemblies. She has published book chapters and journal articles, and is currently preparing a book, Women, Language and Politics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender, Power and Political Speech
Book Subtitle: Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election
Authors: Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58752-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58751-0Published: 19 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58752-7Published: 17 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 140
Number of Illustrations: 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociolinguistics, Gender Studies, Discourse Analysis, British Politics, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics