Speaking Up: Understanding Language and Gender - Paperback

by Allyson Jule (Author)

Our language and gender have an enormous impact on how we understand ourselves and the world around us, and the way we are treated by society. Many popular ideas about gender and language are more complicated than they first appear. This book will change the way you think about language, and give you the tools to challenge the world around you.

Author Biography

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.