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Gender, Power and Political Speech

Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election

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Authors:
  1. Deborah Cameron

    1. Worcester College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  2. Sylvia Shaw

    1. Middlesex University, Media Department, London, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. A Different Voice?

    • Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw
    Pages 1-26

  3. Gender and Speech Styles in the 2015 General Election Debates

    • Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw
    Pages 27-78

  4. Reception and Representation

    • Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw
    Pages 79-112

  5. Conclusions

    • Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw
    Pages 113-136

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 137-140
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About this book

Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign. The analysis considers similarities and differences between the women and their male colleagues, as well as between the women themselves; it also discusses the way gender - and its relationship to language - was taken up as an issue in media coverage of the campaign. 

Reviews

“The monograph is both well written and logically structured … . Cameron and Shaws work is a much welcome addition to the fields of critical political discourse analysis and gendered discourse analysis.” (Frazer Heritage, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 18 (4), 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Worcester College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Deborah Cameron

  • Middlesex University, Media Department, London, United Kingdom

    Sylvia Shaw

About the authors

Deborah Cameron is Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University. She has been an active researcher in the field of language and gender studies since 1985, and her previous publications include The Myth of Mars and Venus (2007), On Language and Sexual Politics (2006) and Feminism and Linguistic Theory (1992).

Sylvia Shaw is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Middlesex University, UK. She has examined gender and language in the House of Commons, and conducted ESRC funded research in all the UK’s legislative assemblies. She has published book chapters and journal articles, and is currently preparing a book, Women, Language and Politics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gender, Power and Political Speech

  • Book Subtitle: Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election

  • Authors: Deborah Cameron, Sylvia Shaw

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58752-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58751-0Published: 19 March 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58752-7Published: 17 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 140

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Gender Studies, Discourse Analysis, British Politics, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics

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