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Redefining the Hypernym Mensch:in in German

Gender, Sexuality, and Personhood

Maria Pober

Redefining the Hypernym Mensch:in in German: Gender, Sexuality, and Personhood examines how the verbalization of ‘human’ in gender normative terms results in implicit exclusion. Situated in the tension between traditional rules and progressive language use, this book criticizes the heteronormativity of masculine hypernyms and argues for the adoption of gender-inclusive linguistic practices.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 264 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-3805-2 • Hardback • August 2023 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-1-7936-3806-9 • eBook • August 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Language Arts & Disciplines / Lexicography, Social Science / Gender Studies

Maria Pober teaches at the Department for German Studies at the University of Vienna.

Chapter 1 Conceptionalization of the Human as Heteromasculine

Chapter 2 The Man, the Human Being and Gender

Chapter 3 The Change of Categories in the Heterohuman Order

Maria Pober shows how to describe, analyze and interpret the complex relationships of the designation Mensch and semantically related gender terms such as Person, Wesen, Leute, Frau, and Mann. She sheds profound light not only on the relationship between genus and sexus, but also on the positions of these terms in the lexicon. This excellent account is sure to become a standard work.


— Peter Ernst, University of Vienna


Redefining the Hypernym Mensch:in in German

Gender, Sexuality, and Personhood

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Redefining the Hypernym Mensch:in in German: Gender, Sexuality, and Personhood examines how the verbalization of ‘human’ in gender normative terms results in implicit exclusion. Situated in the tension between traditional rules and progressive language use, this book criticizes the heteronormativity of masculine hypernyms and argues for the adoption of gender-inclusive linguistic practices.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 264 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
    978-1-7936-3805-2 • Hardback • August 2023 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
    978-1-7936-3806-9 • eBook • August 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Language Arts & Disciplines / Lexicography, Social Science / Gender Studies
Author
Author
  • Maria Pober teaches at the Department for German Studies at the University of Vienna.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Conceptionalization of the Human as Heteromasculine

    Chapter 2 The Man, the Human Being and Gender

    Chapter 3 The Change of Categories in the Heterohuman Order

Reviews
Reviews
  • Maria Pober shows how to describe, analyze and interpret the complex relationships of the designation Mensch and semantically related gender terms such as Person, Wesen, Leute, Frau, and Mann. She sheds profound light not only on the relationship between genus and sexus, but also on the positions of these terms in the lexicon. This excellent account is sure to become a standard work.


    — Peter Ernst, University of Vienna


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