Le corps du genre

What is gender made of? Language? Matter? Once we have taken into account language but also other materialities such as objects, bodies, technology and nature, is gender still an intrinsic characteristic of human beings? Or does it transcend the human to reach the non-human, the beyond-human, the post-human? These are some of the questions addressed in this book, which lies at the intersection of theoretical debate and current political issues.

• A rigorous sociolinguistic analysis of contemporary debates on gender
• A revolution in our linguistic understanding of gender

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Luca Greco is a sociolinguistics professor at the University of Lorraine and deputy director of the Gender Institute. His research focuses on the relationship between gender and language, multimodality in interaction, and performance in art, social sciences, and everyday activities.

Pauline Chanu is a documentary filmmaker for France Culture. She is the author of the series ‘Les fantômes de l'hystérie : histoire d'une parole confisquée’, ‘Féminicide: la guerre mondiale contre les femmes’ and a new series on speciesism as systemic oppression, broadcast in early October. She is about to publish her first essay, ‘Sortir de la maison hantée : comment l'hystérie continue d'enfermer les femmes’, with Éditions la Découverte.