Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

by Anna Livia

Book Overview

Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic "he," has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the last 30 years, and is certainly the most contested political issue in Western feminist linguistics. Most accounts do not extend beyond policy issues like the official institution of non-sexist language. In this volume, Anna Livia reveals continuities both before and after the sexist language refore movement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195138538
• ISBN13: 9780195138535
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"