Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian

by Federica Formato

This book analyses gendered language in Italian, shedding light on how the Italian language constructs and reproduces the social imbalance between women and men, and presenting indirect and direct instances of asymmetrical constructions of gender in public and private roles. The author examines linguistic treatments of women in politics and the media, as well as the gendered crime of femminicidio, i.e. the killing of women by their (former) partners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319965557
• ISBN13: 9783319965550
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"