Speaking Up

Allyson Jule is an academic specialising in the interaction between language and gender. She is Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada and an associate of the University of Oxford's International Gender Studies Centre. She has published widely, and her work has featured in TIME magazine and The Ladies Home Journal.

• Part I: Understanding Gender and Language UseChapter 1. The BasicsChapter 2. Language as GenderedPart II: Understanding Gender and Language Use in the WorldChapter 3. Gender and Language Use in the Media and TechnologyChapter 4. Gender and Language Use in EducationChapter 5. Gender and Language Use in the WorkplaceChapter 6. Gender and Language Use in Religion: Judaism, Christianity and IslamChapter 7. Gender and Language Use in RelationshipsChapter 8. An Anti-ConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

Fascinating and hugely informative, Allyson Jule will make you realise just how powerful language is in creating the gender norms that many of us are trying to battle against. This is a brilliant way to understand how language has shaped women's experience in a patriarchal world. Timely, rigorous, and so important, Jule's research gives substance and weight to the current feminist conversation.