How Long to Read Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender
By Berkeley Anna Livia Visiting Assistant Professor of French University of California
How Long Does it Take to Read Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender?
It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender by Berkeley Anna Livia Visiting Assistant Professor of French University of California
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Description
Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic "he," has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the last 30 years, and is certainly the most contested political issue in Western feminist linguistics. Most accounts do not extend beyond policy issues like the official institution of non-sexist language. In this volume, Anna Livia reveals continuities both before and after the sexist language refore movement and shows how the creative practices of pronoun use on the part of feminist writers had both aesthetic and political ends. Livia uses the term "pronoun envy" ironically to show that rather being a case of misguided envy, battles over gendered language are central to feminist concerns. Livia examines a broad corpus of written texts in English and French, concentrating on those texts which problematize the traditional functioning of the linguistic gender system. They range from novels and prose poems to film scripts and personal testimonies, and in time from the 19th century to the present. Some withhold any indication of gender; others have non-gendered characters. Livia's goal is two-fold; to help bridge the divide between linguistic and literary analysis, and to show how careful study of the manipulation of linguistic gender in these texts informs larger concerns. This fresh and highly interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of several vital areas, including language and gender, sociolinguistics, and feminist literary analysis.
How long is Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender?
Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender by Berkeley Anna Livia Visiting Assistant Professor of French University of California is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Pronoun Envy : Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender aloud.
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