The materiality of language : gender, politics, and the university /

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The author sees the human body, its affective life, social life, and political functions as belonging to the study of language. In this book, the author addresses the need to end centuries of limiting access to language and its many contexts of use. To recognize language as material and treat it as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bleich, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Rhetoric.
Academic language.
Colloquial language.
Language and languages > Political aspects.
Language and languages > Sex differences.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Rhétorique.
Langage académique.
Langue familière.
Langage et langues > Aspect politique.
Langage et langues > Différences entre sexes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The contested subject
  • The materiality of language. Premises and backgrounds ; Received standards in the study of language ; Materiality and genre ; The unity of language and thought ; Materiality and the contemporary study of language ; Recognizing politics in the study of language
  • Language in the university. Frustrations of academic language ; The protected institution ; The sacred language ; Language uses in science, the heir of Latin ; Language and human survival ; The materiality of literature and the contested subject.

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