Language, gender, and power : the politics of representation and hegemony in South Asia /

By: Siddiqui, ShahidMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2026. Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 239 p. : Tables ; 22 cmISBN: 978-627-5225-83-6 (pbk.)Subject(s): Gender identity in literature | Gender identity in mass media | Sociolinguistics South AsiaDDC classification: 306.44 SID Summary: The book focuses on the role of language as a powerful tool in representing and structuring the world. It explores how language can help construct stereotypes, identities, and human relationships. By constructing stereotypes, language also manifests and perpetuates gender differences. The author examines how gender is in fact made up on a continuous basis in different linguistic and artistic expressions, e.g., sayings and proverbs, jokes, songs, films, TV plays, newspapers, theatre, and slogans behind vehicles, and reveals how these apparently playful activities strengthen gender stereotypes unnoticed. The book highlights the

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The book focuses on the role of language as a powerful tool in representing and structuring the world. It explores how language can help construct stereotypes, identities, and human relationships. By constructing stereotypes, language also manifests and perpetuates gender differences. The author examines how gender is in fact made up on a continuous basis in different linguistic and artistic expressions, e.g., sayings and proverbs, jokes, songs, films, TV plays, newspapers, theatre, and slogans behind vehicles, and reveals how these apparently playful activities strengthen gender stereotypes unnoticed. The book highlights the

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