ABeginner's Guide to Language and Gender

In this revised and updated 2nd edition of her pioneering textbook, Allyson Jule offers fresh insight into the study of language and gender for those new to the subject. Students will gain a thorough grounding in theoretical and practical perspectives on gender and language in the workplace, media, education, world religions and domestic settings.

Allyson Jule is an academic specialising in the interaction between language and gender. She is Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada and an associate of the University of Oxford's International Gender Studies Centre. She has published widely, and her work has featured in TIME magazine and The Ladies Home Journal.

Allyson Jule is Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute, Trinity Western University, Canada. She is President of Canada’s Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Association. Her research focuses on language and gender, and gender and education.

The second edition of Allyson Jule’s A Beginner’s Guide to Language and Gender is an excellent introduction to the field. Sophisticated in its concepts, while being very clear in its writing, it is as comprehensive as an introductory text can be. And it is thoroughly up-to-date, including coverage of new technology, sexuality, and transgenderism.

A Beginner’s Guide to Language and Gender is a comprehensive, nuanced and accessible guide to the most important issues in language and gender. In this second edition, which covers everything from gendered toilet spaces to technology, from violence on campus to sexuality, Jule writes with elegant clarity and clear expertise, connecting research to reality in a seamless whole.