Women's Language and Literature
A Problem in Women's Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Mckluskie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-61 |
| Publication date | 1983-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1394654 |
| OpenAlex | W4241833828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In recent years the notion that women are oppressed by language has become a commonplace of feminist criticism. Dale Spender's passionate account of the problem in Man Made Language sought to demonstrate that the rules of grammar, the ideological baggage of lexis and the sexist judgements of academic literary criticism have conspired to undervalue women's language and creativity, denying them access to the only vehicle for communication and the power that communication brings. She asserts both that women's language is in no way deficient and that
Comprehension approach · Creativity · Criticism · Feminism · Grammar · Human sexuality · Ideology · Language education · Lexis · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Patriarchy · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Sociology of language · Women's studies · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |