Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender by Anna Livia

Pronoun Envy: Literary Uses of Linguistic Gender

Anna Livia

248 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction gender challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Controversy over gendered pronouns, for example using the generic "he," has been a staple of feminist arguments about patriarchal language over the last 30 years, and is certainly the most contested political issue in Western feminist linguistics....

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