forward: manipulation of grammatical gender

[Mary Bucholtz]

I'm forwarding this message for the grammatical gender thread on behalf of 
Antje Hornscheidt; please don't reply to me.

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In addition to that I would recommend
*    for a German discussion:
Barbara Köhler: Wittgensteins Nichte. It is a kind of semi-academic,
semi-belletristic text on issues of grammar and gender in some parts.
Matti Bunzl 2000 "Inverted appellation..." Discourse & Society 11/2
investigates the usage of personal pronouns and nominal appellation forms by
a group of Austrian gays
Matthias Behlert  1998 "Die Häsis und die Igelin": Behlert has "translated"
some of Grimms fairy tales into a changed gender system for German, in
accordance with some of Pusch' redommendations: Very funny to read; shows
how simple it is to get used to another gender system. (Mathias Behlert,
Nehringstraße 4, 14059 Berlin).

For the Scandinavian context, Gert Brantenbergs novel Egalias dötre is
probably the most prominent example of gender play, including grammatical
gender.

Besides that, I have written a chapter on different strategies of
resignification and the role of grammatical gender in actual discourses,
focusing on Swedish. If you can read German and understand Swedish examples,
I am happy to send you this chapter as well.

Best wishes,
Antje Hornscheidt

Antje Hornscheidt
Nordeuropa-Institut
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany

Antje.Hornscheidt at rz.hu-berlin.de

*    for an English discussion:
some of the novels of Jeanette Winterson. She uses grammatical gender with
respect to gender in creative ways, I think.

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