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  • The Rise of Dogwhistle Politics

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    The term dogwhistle, meaning a political message with a hidden or coded meaning, only entered mainstream usage in the mid-1990s, but today it seems to be everywhere. Accusations of dogwhistling fly in every political direction, and the meaning of the term has broadened to encompass an ever-expanding range of words, images, actions and objects.This book investigates the rise of the dogwhistle as a ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do men and women really speak different languages?

    Do men and women really speak different languages?

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    Popular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of 'date-rape' to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place. In this wide ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Feminism

    A Brief Introduction to the Ideas, Debates & Politics of the Movement

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    Communications academic Deborah Cameron explores the history and diversity of Feminism as an ideology and political movement.Beneath the nonstop cacophony of voices across social media, online forums, and news outlets lie the stubborn facts at the heart of the everyday struggles of women today: more than a third of single moms live in poverty; the United States sees more maternal deaths than ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Working with Written Discourse

    by Ivan Panovic, Deborah Cameron ...
    An outstanding introduction to discourse analysis of written language in an age that is more and more characterized by multilingual, digital, and generically hybrid texts. In an accessible style, Working with Written Discourse illustrates how these texts can be analyzed employing a wide variety of approaches that are critical, multidisciplinary, and productive.- Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami, ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Language, Sexism and Misogyny

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    In this vitally important and engaging text, leading feminist linguist Deborah Cameron explores the role of language and discourse in perpetuating sexism and misogyny in the twenty-first century.Covering how the linguistic expression of prejudice against women has evolved during the last fifty years, the author of the blog Language: A feminist guide pays attention both to the persistence of ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Teacher's Guide to Grammar

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    The Teacher's Guide to Grammar is unique in focusing directly on the aspects of grammar that teachers need to know. Assuming little or no formal linguistic education, this concise and accessible book provides the necessary background knowledge required in the classroom context. There are detailed chapters on the nuts and bolts of language: words, morphology, sentences, phrases, verbs, and clauses. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Good to Talk?

    Living and Working in a Communication Culture

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    It′s good to talk is one of the great clich[ac]es of our time. The benefits of talk to individuals, families and organizations are proclaimed by pop psychologists, television talk show hosts, and management gurus. The importance of talk is talked about endlessly.`Good to Talk? is an attempt to look critically at what lies behind this upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces, classrooms and ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • On Language and Sexual Politics

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    This collection of articles presents a selection of Deborah Cameron’s work on language, gender and sex in one single volume. Arranged thematically, this book covers major developments in Anglo-American feminist linguistics, and Cameron’s responses to these, spanning the last twenty years.The collection’s overarching theme is the political relationship between language and gender: four distinctly ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • More Heat Than Light?

    Sex-difference Science and the Study of Language

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    In the Sedgewick lecture for 2012, Professor Deborah Cameron investigates the age-old question of whether men and women are different kinds of beings, both physically and intellectually. She begins by noting that in the 19th century that most writers saw men as being intellectually superior to women in their use of language. But she also observes that this position was gradually modified in the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Words Between the Spaces

    Buildings and Language

    by Deborah Cameron, Thomas A. Markus ...
    Series series Architext
    Using language - speaking and understanding it - is a defining ability of human beings, woven into all human activity. It is therefore inevitable that it should be deeply implicated in the design, production and use of buildings. Building legislation, design guides, competition and other briefs, architectural criticism, teaching and scholarly material, and the media all produce their ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Working with Spoken Discourse

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    "An exemplary textbook. Making even the most complex ideas fully accessible, it is grounded in an extensive literature, filled with engaging examples, and offers ample suggestions for independent research. It’s been a key text in my classes for over a decade and, as fresh and relevant as ever, will continue to buttress my graduate seminars and undergraduate courses alike."- Professor Crispin ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Gender, Power and Political Speech

    Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election

    by Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign. The analysis considers similarities and differences between the women and their male colleagues, as well as between the women themselves; it also discusses the way gender ... Read more

    $62.99 USD