Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds [Hardcover]

Introduction??1. Feminism and Language??2. Feminist words??3. The renegotiation of gender and language?? 4. Countering medical misogyny? ?Conclusion

Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds explores?the dynamic and evolving concept of gender within the context of British suffrage periodicals from 1907 to 1914.?It?is of value to researchers in fields such as feminist studies, language and gender studies, and periodical studies.

Martina Guzzetti is a Post-Doctoral Fellow and a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Insubria and the University of Milan, Italy. Her research explores gender and language studies in historical perspective, such as news discourse, lexicography, and the popularisation of medical knowledge.

Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds offers a comprehensive exploration of feminist discourse, focusing on the dynamic and evolving concept of gender within the context of British suffrage periodicals from 1907 to 1914.

Though its motto was deeds, not words, the movement for British womens enfranchisement exploited the press to convey its message and aid the campaign. Adopting a (socio)linguistic perspective and a discourse analysis methodology, the book focuses on the theme of gender and on the development of feminist counter-language and counter-discourses using articles taken from the three major suffrage publications: Votes for Women, The Vote, and Common Cause. Through a combination of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, the study of the interplay of language, representation, gender, and power provides insights into how these publications challenged and reshaped societal norms, with a specific focus on the case of medical misoglCh