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Analysing gendered discourses online

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Author	Mackenzie, Jai
Copyright Year	2021
Description	This chapter offers a methodological contribution to the study of language, gender, and sexuality in digital contexts. It draws attention to the problematic task of identifying and analysing discourses in studies that focus on the discursive construction of gendered identities, and offers an approach to such investigations that is firmly rooted in feminist poststructuralist discourse theory (Baxter 2003; Weedon 1997). Drawing on my own study of Mumsnet Talk, an online discussion forum that targets female parents, I show how I have drawn feminist poststructuralist theory together with positioning theory (Davies and Harré, 1990) to closely analyse the way Mumsnet users position themselves in relation to others, and in relation to wider social forces, through their digital interactions. I promote clear explication of the means by which discourses are identified and close attention to the role language plays in discursive struggles. I suggest that the approach taken in this study is particularly effective and appropriate for the identification and analysis of discourses in busy, relatively unregulated digital contexts, which provide a space for multiple voices and perspectives to be heard. Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality
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Ending Page	421
Page Count	14
Starting Page	408
DOI	10.4324/9781315514857-33
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-04-02
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality Communication Discourses Mumsnet Poststructuralist Feminist Digital Contexts Discursive Attention
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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