Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors

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Distinguished researchers from around the world examine the interplay between gender and metaphor in political language in Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Singapore. They draw on a wide variety of corpus data to determine to what extent metaphors used by women in political power differ with, or remain the same as that of men. They also examine what effect metaphor use has on women's power in the political arena. This wide-ranging collection of language-based studies will interest students and researchers in discourse analysis, political communication, gender studies, journalism, and media studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-09
Mått140 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt451 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor275
Upplaga2009
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230203457

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Kathleen Ahrens is Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University and Director of the International Writers' Workshop as well as a Fellow in the Hong Kong Academy of Humanities. She has published extensively on issues relating to lexical semantics, language processing, conceptual metaphors and discourse analysis. Her current research focuses on corpora-based analyses of conceptual metaphor use in political language.

List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsAnalyzing Conceptual Metaphors in Political Language; K.AhrensPART I: GENDER AND CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN POLITICAL SPEECHESMetaphor, Politics and Gender: A Case Study from Germany; V.Koller& E.SeminoMetaphor, Politics, and Gender: A Case Study from Italy; E.Semino& V.KollerGender versus Politics: When Conceptual Models Collide; K.Ahrens& S.LeeNon una Donna in Politica, ma una Donna Politica: Women's Political Language in an Italian Context; G.PhilipThe Metaphorical Construction of Ireland; E.Hidalgo TenorioPART II: GENDER AND CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN POLITICAL DEBATESMetaphor and Gender in British Parliamentary Debates; J.Charteris-BlackSex Differences in the Usage of Spatial Metaphors: A Case Study of Political Language; A.Stefanowitsch& J.GoschlerConceptual Metaphors of Family and Home in Political Debates in the USA; K.AdamsPART III: WOMEN IN GENDERED CONCEPTUAL METAPHORSWomen and the Body Politic: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Metaphor in Advertising; M.LazarPower as a Conceptual Metaphor of Gender Inequality? Comparing Dutch and Spanish Politics; P.Meier& E.LombardoGendered Metaphors of Women in Power: The Case of Hillary Clinton as Madonna, Unruly Woman, Bitch, and Witch; E.LimIndex

The importance of this book can be seen in the way that it brings together a focus on language (and conceptual metaphors in particular) and politics and applies feminist research questions and methodologies in thinking through this relationship. Language is a tool involved in knowledge production and thus political action, thus it should be analyzed cautiously which is precisely what the contributors of this book manage to do.' - International Feminist Journal of Politics 'As a whole, this volume is a welcome contribution to the study of gender and metaphor use, and more generally, to the study of metaphor in discourse. This volume will interest students and researchers with academic backgrounds as diverse as in discourse analysis, gender studies, conceptual metaphor, political communication and media studies.' - Discourse & Communication