Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Analysing Conceptual Metaphors in Political Language....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Metaphor, Politics and Gender: a Case Study from Germany....Pages 9-35
Metaphor, Politics and Gender: a Case Study from Italy....Pages 36-61
Gender versus Politics: When Conceptual Models Collide in the US Senate....Pages 62-82
Non una donna in politica, ma una donna politica: Women’s Political Language in an Italian Context....Pages 83-111
The Metaphorical Construction of Ireland....Pages 112-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Metaphor and Gender in British Parliamentary Debates....Pages 139-165
Sex Differences in the Usage of Spatial Metaphors: a Case Study of Political Language....Pages 166-183
Conceptual Metaphors of Family in Political Debates in the USA....Pages 184-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Gender, War and Body Politics: a Critical Multimodal Analysis of Metaphor in Advertising....Pages 209-234
Power as a Conceptual Metaphor of Gender Inequality? Comparing Dutch and Spanish Politics....Pages 235-253
Gendered Metaphors of Women in Power: the Case of Hillary Clinton as Madonna, Unruly Woman, Bitch and Witch....Pages 254-269
Back Matter....Pages 270-275