Language, gender and the body

[Cecilia E. Ford]

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/



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----- 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
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> 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
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> ________________________________________
> 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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