Language, gender and the body

[Cecilia E. Ford]

excuse all the typos -- on the run here -- you get the idea (bett=butt; exxay=essay) :<

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Cecilia E. Ford
Professor of English and Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison

UW Interaction Interest Group (UWIIG):   http://uwiig.blogspot.com/

Ford website:   http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~ceford/



http://www.feelyourboobies.com/how2.htm

Be GREEN, keep it on the SCREEN
          

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecilia E. Ford" <ceford at WISC.EDU>
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:14 am
Subject: Re: [GALA-L] Language, gender and the body
To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG

> Just came across a couple of book reviews. Only one I can find at the 
> moment. Might relate.
> It is in the spring 2010 issue of Bitch magazine:
> 
> p 58
> 
> Book: The Black Body
> Meri Nana-Ama Danquah. Ed.
> 
> Essays about Saartjie Bartman "a South African slave better know at 
> the Hotentot Venus....a twentysomething when she was exhibited like a 
> circus animal for Europeans because her bett was so large, 
> comparatively speaking..."  This is a cllection of exxays. I ahve not 
> read it, but they note that she only received a proper burial in her 
> native country in 2002.
> 
> I will find the other article.
> 
> Ceci
> 
> Cecilia E. Ford
> Professor of English and Sociology
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> 
> UW Interaction Interest Group (UWIIG):   http://uwiig.blogspot.com/
> 
> Ford website:   http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~ceford/
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.feelyourboobies.com/how2.htm
> 
> Be GREEN, keep it on the SCREEN
>           
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Laura Coffey <L.Coffey at HUD.AC.UK>
> Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010 4:21 am
> Subject: Re: [GALA-L] Language, gender and the body
> To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> 
> > Hi Jane
> > 
> > Have you seen Lesley Jeffries' 'Textual Constructions of the Female 
> 
> > Body' (2007)? She looks at representations of the female body in UK 
> 
> > women's magazines from a critical discourse analytic perspective, 
> > which might be useful to you.
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > Laura
> > 
> > 
> > Miss Laura Coffey
> > PhD student in English Language
> > School of Music, Humanities and Media
> > Room WG/26
> > West Building
> > University of Huddersfield
> > Queensgate
> > Huddersfield
> > HD1 3DH
> > UK
> > ________________________________________
> > From: International Gender and Language Association 
> > [GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Sunderland, Jane [j.sunderland at LANCASTER.AC.UK]
> > Sent: 19 March 2010 21:45
> > To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> > Subject: [GALA-L] Language, gender and the body
> > 
> > I’m involved in the planning of a research project on ‘Language, 
> > gender and the body’ which will look at understandings of ‘body 
> > identities’ (e.g. the reproductive body,  the mutilated body) in 
> > different cultural contexts. Can anyone suggest references here? 
> > (beyond Butler’s ‘Bodies that Matter’). There’s a lot of stuff on 
> > ‘gender and the body’, and Wendy Harcourt’s ‘Body Politics in 
> > Development’ looks particularly relevant, but we’re looking for work 
> 
> > with a particular language/discourse focus.
> > 
> > Suggestions much appreciated. If they come flooding in, I’ll collate 
> 
> > and post them on the List.
> > 
> > Best wishes to all
> > 
> > Jane Sunderland
> > 
> > 
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