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Gender, Discourse and Ideology in ItalianWomen in the Public Sphere: Gendered Language

Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian: Women in the Public Sphere: Gendered Language [Language used for, about and by female politicians, is qualitatively and quantitatively investigated to demonstrate how language operates to signal gender, gendering and gendered prototyping. The media have found ways to expose a ‘war among female politicians’, manipulating the choices of the language they use to refer to themselves. Marked forms are used more than unmarked in the case of sindaca (feminine) and sindaco (unmarked masculine) when referring to three female mayors in Italian newspapers. Sexual terms used to insult female politicians about their alleged promiscuous private lives seems to be purposefully used to demonstrate their unsuitability to operate in the institutional public spheres. On the contrary, female MPs legitimize their position in the parliament through language, also building a bond with women outside of the Chamber.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Gender, Discourse and Ideology in ItalianWomen in the Public Sphere: Gendered Language

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
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978-3-319-96555-0
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135 –198
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10.1007/978-3-319-96556-7_4
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[Language used for, about and by female politicians, is qualitatively and quantitatively investigated to demonstrate how language operates to signal gender, gendering and gendered prototyping. The media have found ways to expose a ‘war among female politicians’, manipulating the choices of the language they use to refer to themselves. Marked forms are used more than unmarked in the case of sindaca (feminine) and sindaco (unmarked masculine) when referring to three female mayors in Italian newspapers. Sexual terms used to insult female politicians about their alleged promiscuous private lives seems to be purposefully used to demonstrate their unsuitability to operate in the institutional public spheres. On the contrary, female MPs legitimize their position in the parliament through language, also building a bond with women outside of the Chamber.]

Published: Sep 5, 2018

Keywords: Sindacale; Female Politicians; Female Mayor; Discursive Group; parliamentParliament

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