Description
Language, Gender and Parenthood Online explores the digital interactions of parents on the UK-based internet discussion forum Mumsnet Talk, a space dominated by users sharing a common identification as women, parents and mothers. Using a qualitative approach grounded in feminist poststructuralist theory, Jai Mackenzie uncovers 'common-sense' assumptions about gender and parenthood, explores the construction of gender and parenthood in digital contexts and how discourses of gendered parenthood are negotiated, resisted and subverted. This is key reading for students, scholars and researchers in the field of language and gender, as well as language and digital communication.
About the Author
Jai Mackenzie is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Her primary research interests lie in explorations of language, gender, sexuality and parenthood, especially in new media contexts.
Book Information
ISBN 9780367733773
Author Jai Mackenzie
Format Paperback
Page Count 124
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 249g
