Mary Talbot

Language, Intertextuality and Subjectivity

Voices in the Construction of Consumer Femininity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Women in industrialized societies have a lifelong relationship with consumerism. They are caught up in a 'consumer femininity', since a feminine identity involves, among other things, a particular mode of consumption. This study, presented in full for the first time in this volume, aims to stimulate critical awareness of consumer femininity. It culminates in sample analysis of a type of discourse that contributes to the formation of women as feminine subjects: the teen magazine. The book proposes an approach to doing critical discourse analysis that focuses on the constitution of a language user's subjectivity in the act of reading. Influenced by the early work of Norman Fairclough, it locates points of focus for taking up a critical (and specifically feminist) reading position in discourse analysis. In doing so, it seeks to provide theoretical and analytical grounding for a critical pedagogy that will take into the classroom attention to language and construction of language users' subjectivities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9783843358590
• ISBN-10: 3843358591
• Artikelnr.: 32023105

Autorenporträt

Mary Talbot has published extensively on language, gender and power, particularly in relation to media. Her most recent books are Language and Gender (2nd edition) and Media Discourse: Representation and Interaction. She has worked in higher education for over 25 years.