Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press

<p><i>Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds </i>offers a comprehensive exploration of feminist discourse focusing on the dynamic and evolving concept of gender within the context of British suffrage periodicals from 1907 to 1914.</p><p>Though its motto was 'deeds not words' the movement for British women's enfranchisement exploited the press to convey its message and aid the campaign. Adopting a (socio)linguistic perspective and a discourse analysis methodology the book focuses on the theme of gender and on the development of feminist counter-language and counter-discourses using articles taken from the three major suffrage publications: <i>Votes for Women</i> <i>The Vote</i> and <i>Common Cause</i>. Through a combination of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis the study of the interplay of language representation gender and power provides insights into how these publications challenged and reshaped societal norms with a specific focus on the case of medical misogyny.</p><p><i>Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds </i>challenges traditional views of suffrage activities and is of value to researchers in fields such as feminist studies language and gender studies and periodical studies.</p>