Textual Construction of the Female Body: A Critical Discourse Approach by L. Jef

Description: Textual Construction of the Female Body by L. Jeffries This volume takes a critical discourse approach to the ways womens magazines contribute to the social construction of particular kinds of female body - as ideal, beautiful, ugly, overweight or engineered. Looking at the language used, it provides an insight into the experience of the female reader, and the likely impact upon her self-image. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume takes a critical discourse approach to the ways womens magazines contribute to the social construction of particular kinds of female body - as ideal, beautiful, ugly, overweight or engineered. Looking at the language used, it provides an insight into the experience of the female reader, and the likely impact upon her self-image. Author Biography Lesley Jeffries is Professor of English and Director of the Stylistics Research Centre at Huddersfield University, UK. She is co-series editor (with Dan Mcintyre) for Palgraves Perspectives on the English Language , and has published on the style of contemporary poetry and ideology in news reporting and political discourse. She is also co-editor of Babel: The Language Magazine . Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface: Code and Body - an intervention Studying the Language of the Female Body: Some Context Genre, Text-Type and Rhetorical Strategy Naming and Describing Equating, Contrasting, Enumerating and Exemplifying Assuming and Implying The Body in Time and Space Processes and Opinions Conclusions Bibliography Index Review A valuable contribution to the fields of feminist linguistics, gender studies, critical discourse approach, text analysis, and discourse studies in general. - Winnie W. F. Or, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Promotional Springer Book Archives Review Quote A valuable contribution to the fields of feminist linguistics, gender studies, critical discourse approach, text analysis, and discourse studies in general. - Winnie W. F. Or, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Details ISBN1349423068 Language English ISBN-10 1349423068 ISBN-13 9781349423064 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title TEXTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FE Media Book DEWEY 051.082 Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-01-01 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle A Critical Discourse Approach Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 212 Author L. Jeffries UK Release Date 2007-01-01 AU Release Date 2007-01-01 NZ Release Date 2007-01-01 Illustrations XIII, 212 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2007 Alternative 9780333914519 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135365098;

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