Eric Louis Russell

Fighting Words!

A Critical Approach to Linguistic Transgression

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Produktbeschreibung

Fighting Words! is a critical exploration of all kinds of â bad languageâ and how that language shapes, reinforces, or subverts identity, ideology, and power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781032130538
• ISBN-10: 1032130539
• Artikelnr.: 69791023

Autorenporträt

Eric Louis Russell is Professor of French & Italian at the University of California at Davis, with affiliations in the Linguistics Department and the Program in Gender, Sexualities & Women's Studies. He is the author of Alpha Masculinity: Hegemony in Language and Discourse and The Discursive Ecology of Homophobia: Unraveling Anti-LGBTQ Speech on the European Far Right.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue - On Never Looking Away
Chapter One - Rethinking Language: Foundations for Critique
Chapter Two - Languaging Transgression: "Grabbing Pussy" and "Locker Room
Talk"
Chapter Three - Languaging Meaning: "Rolling Coal" and "Having Balls"
Chapter Four - Languaging Worldview: Ideology and Mythology
Chapter Five - Languaging Authority and Power: Karens in the Wild
Chapter Six - Languaging Consequence: Linguistic Performativity and Hate
Speech
Chapter Seven - Languaging Cancellation: The Ecology of Discourse and
Hegemony
Chapter Eight - Languaging Rebellion: When Pussy Grabs Back