28.2293, FYI: Call for Book Chapters - Gender, Workplace Discourse

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2293. Tue May 23 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2293, FYI: Call for Book Chapters - Gender, Workplace Discourse

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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:08:55
From: Joanne McDowell [j.mcdowell at herts.ac.uk]
Subject: Call for Book Chapters - Gender, Workplace Discourse

 
The concept of gendered occupations emerges from the skills and
characteristics that men and women are assumed to encompass due to their sex. 
 This is not a phenomena solely restricted to the U.K, but is also found
throughout Europe and at an International Level.  In the specific case of
‘pastoral roles’, typified by professions such as primary school teaching and
nursing, roles are often defined in opposition to masculine stereotypes.  This
has often led to a lack of men in occupations gendered to be ‘feminine’.  
However, describing a setting as mainly feminine or masculine only takes one
aspect of that workplace setting as an importance influence on all activities
within that setting (including the linguistic repertoire used to perform the
job role). Furthermore, what is perceived to be men’s work or women’s work can
differ across different countries. The neat match of a gendered profession to
gendered behaviour therefore deserves further linguistic investigation. 

In this edited monograph of linguistic research focusing on men working within
‘feminine’ occupations, our goal is to challenge an assumption of feminised
talk in favour of a lens which highlights the enactment of professional
identity and a ‘discourse of ‘doing being a’…’. 

This volume intends to address the following questions:

- What role (if any) does gendered behaviour play in the enactment of the
occupations under examination? 
- Are there any similarities across datasets from different occupations which
would suggest a category of ‘professional discourse(s)’?
- What do we consider the real-life impact of this research to be, and more
importantly, in what direction should this research head next? For example,
how can this work influence current policies in regards to recruiting more men
into ‘female’ occupations?
- Can we ever de-gender/de-stereotype society’s attitudes to certain jobs? How
can this linguistic work contribute to such a task?

Guidelines for Prospective Authors:

Proposals for theoretical discussions as well as empirical studies using
different linguistic methodological approaches and across different
geographical contexts are welcome. Focus of study must be on men in
‘non-traditional/feminine’ occupations.

Potential contributors are invited to submit a 400-word proposal to the
editor. 

- Proposals should be submitted by 31st July 2017 
- Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 31st August 2017. 
- First draft of chapter (approximately 8000-9000 word length including
references and footnotes) should be submitted by July 2018 
- Submitted manuscripts go through a peer review process and authors might be
requested to make minor or major revisions to their chapters
- Publication will be sought with Routledge as part of the Gender, Language
and Sexuality Series with the aim for December 2019 publication date.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)





 



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