Metaphors of Hegemonic Masculinity – Women’s Understanding of Sport Metaphors in Political Discourse

• Authors: Biljana Radić-Bojanić , Nadežda Silaški
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Within the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff and Johnson 1980) and Critical Discourse Analysis (van Dijk 1993, Wodak 2006) we analyse in this paper the results of a survey conducted among 100 women and 20 men in order to establish the level of their understanding of sport metaphors in political discourse. The results indicate that sport metaphors may pose a serious barrier to women’s understanding of political life and may discourage women’s political participation.

Keywords

EN

Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Critical Metaphor Analysis; politics; sport metaphors; women

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 245-257

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-08

Contributors

author

Biljana Radić-Bojanić

• University of Novi Sad Zorana Đinđića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

author

Nadežda Silaški

• University of Belgrade, Kamenička 6, Belgrade, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0043-4