37.766, Books: Language, Gender and Biopolitics: King (2026)

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Date: 20-Feb-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Language, Gender and Biopolitics: King (2026)


Title: Language, Gender and Biopolitics
Subtitle: Meaning-Making and Intersex Variations in Healthcare
Series Title: Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/language-gender-and-biopolitics-meaning-making-and-intersex-variations-healthcare?format=HB&isbn=9781009532778

Author(s): Brian W. King

Hardback ISBN:  9781009532778 Pages:  88 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009532778 Pages:  88 Price: Europe EURO 64.19
Hardback ISBN:  9781009532778 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 70.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009202497 Pages:  88 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009202497 Pages:  88 Price: Europe EURO 21.01
Paperback ISBN:  9781009202497 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 23.00

Abstract:

This Element examines language, power and intersex variations within
clinician accounts in Hong Kong, examining how they communicate about
intersex traits to patients and their families. Employing
interactional sociolinguistics, the research analyses clinician
interviews as dynamic social interactions, focusing on how
communicative stances are negotiated and social practices are enacted.
The Element probes the influence of biopower on clinicians' stances
(encompassing gender, sexual difference, racialization and ableism)
and explores the possibilities of emancipation from these biopolitical
constraints. Findings highlight the tension between medical
structuring forces and the formation of intersex subjects and bodies,
impacting their autonomy and livability. Gender is relevant as both a
power system and a lived reality, critical for understanding the
bioregulation of innate sex characteristics and advancing broader
implications for gender and language studies and healthcare
communication. This research challenges gender-sceptical discourses
and highlights the transformative potential of gender frameworks in
medical and social contexts.

Written In: English (eng)



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