Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian

Author:   Federica Formato
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2019 ed.
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9783319965550


Pages:   299
Publication Date:   17 September 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian


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This book analyses gendered language in Italian, shedding light on how the Italian language constructs and reproduces the social imbalance between women and men, and presenting indirect and direct instances of asymmetrical constructions of gender in public and private roles. The author examines linguistic treatments of women in politics and the media, as well as the gendered crime of femminicidio, i.e. the killing of women by their (former) partners. Through the combination of corpus linguistics, surveys, and discourse analysis, she establishes a new approach to the study of gendered Italian, a framework which can be applied to other languages and epistemological sites. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, language and gender, discourse analysis, Italian and other Romance languages.

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Author:   Federica Formato
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2019 ed.
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9783319965550


ISBN 10:   3319965557
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   17 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to the study of gender in Italian.- Chapter 2: An overview of grammatical gender in Italian.- Chapter 3: Feminine forms between recommendations and usages.- Chapter 4: Women in the public sphere: gendered language.- Chapter 5: Women, crime and gender in the private sphere: Femminicidio.- Chapter 6: Conclusions.

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“Gender, discourse and ideology in Italian brings forth a theoretical discussion of key concepts, such as gender, ideology, and feminism. It also provides data on how Italians actually respond to gendered language. … These matters deserve attention and can be further exploited in future research.” (Erika Coachman, Language in Society, Vol. 49 (2), 2020)


Gender, discourse and ideology in Italian brings forth a theoretical discussion of key concepts, such as gender, ideology, and feminism. It also provides data on how Italians actually respond to gendered language. ... These matters deserve attention and can be further exploited in future research. (Erika Coachman, Language in Society, Vol. 49 (2), 2020)


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Federica Formato is an independent scholar who has taught linguistics at various UK universities. She has published on the topics of direct and indirect instances of sexism in Italian from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, and gender and language in the law. Her research interests include gender, politics, violence against women and corpus linguistics.

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