ABSTRACT

Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore how gender and sexuality are represented and constructed through language. Drawing on international research, Sauntson incorporates a fluid understanding of genders and sexualities and includes research on a diverse range of identities.

This accessible guidebook offers an outline of the practical steps and ethical guidelines involved when gathering linguistic data for the purpose of investigating gender and sexuality. Each chapter contains up-to-date information and empirical case studies that relate to a range of topics within the field of language, gender and sexuality, as well as suggestions for how students could practically research the areas covered.

Student-friendly, this is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language, linguistics and gender studies.

chapter 2|13 pages

Theorising gender and sexuality

Feminism, queer theory and performativity

chapter 4|17 pages

An overview of analytical frameworks

chapter 8|15 pages

Breaking the binary

Investigating transgender, gender variance and language