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Metaphors of Brexit: No cherries on the cake? (2019)
Book
Charteris-Black, J. (2019). Metaphors of Brexit: No cherries on the cake?. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28768-9

How were social media posts, scripted speeches, traditional news media and political cartoons used and understood during the Brexit campaign? What phrases and metaphors were key during and after the 2016 Brexit referendum? How far did the Remain and... Read More about Metaphors of Brexit: No cherries on the cake?.

Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition) (2018)
Book
Charteris-Black, J. (2018). Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition). (2). Red Globe Press

Exploring speeches by public figures such as Emma Watson, Tony Blair, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard and Lady Gaga, this engaging textbook explains the ways in which political speeches can be analysed. It examines the role of language in speeches and ho... Read More about Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition).

Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race (2017)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race. In R. Wodak, & B. Forchtner (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics (202-217). London & New York: Routledge

This chapter demonstrates how metaphors used in the British parliament show evidence of varying attitudes towards the underlying conceptual metaphors NATION STATES ARE COMPETITORS and LIFE IS A RACE. More generally it shows the ideological motivation... Read More about Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race.

Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority (2016)
Book
Charteris-Black, J. (2016). Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority. (1). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474219556

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaphor in discourse. It analyses how and why fire metaphors are used in discourses of awe (mythology and religion) and authority (political speeches and m... Read More about Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority.

Comparative keyword analysis and leadership communication: Tony Blair - A study of rhetorical style (2012)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. (2012). Comparative keyword analysis and leadership communication: Tony Blair - A study of rhetorical style. In L. Helms (Ed.), Comparative Political Leadership (142-164). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

What do we expect from our leaders, and how do we judge their performance? There can be no substantive assessment of leaders and leadership without comparing the fundamentally different contexts and settings in which leaders operate. At a time when i... Read More about Comparative keyword analysis and leadership communication: Tony Blair - A study of rhetorical style.

Shattering the Bell Jar: Metaphor, Gender, and Depression (2012)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2012). Shattering the Bell Jar: Metaphor, Gender, and Depression. Metaphor and Symbol, 27(3), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2012.665796

Working from 38 interviews with people who had experienced depression this study compares metaphors with those identified in previous research. It also compares the types of metaphor of men and women talking about depression and how these metaphors w... Read More about Shattering the Bell Jar: Metaphor, Gender, and Depression.

Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’ (2012)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2012). Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’. Metaphor and the Social World, 2(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.2.1.01cha

The concept of ‘purposeful metaphor’ is proposed as an alternative to ‘deliberate metaphor’ (Steen, 2008) in providing a theory of metaphor in discourse and communication. The case for ‘purposeful metaphor’ is framed within a discussion of intentiona... Read More about Forensic deliberations on ‘purposeful metaphor’.

Gender and the language of illness (2010)
Book
Charteris-Black, J., & Seale, C. (2010). Gender and the language of illness. Palgrave Macmillan

This book is based on interviews with people talking about their experiences of many different types of illness. Their use of language shows the influences of gender, social class and age and reveals conformity and resistance to gender stereotypes. W... Read More about Gender and the language of illness.

Metaphor and gender in British parliamentary debates (2009)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. (2009). Metaphor and gender in British parliamentary debates. In K. Ahrens (Ed.), Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphor (139-165). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Metaphor and political communication (2009)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. (2009). Metaphor and political communication. In A. Musolff, & J. Zinken (Eds.), Metaphor and Discourse (97-115). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives (2008)
Journal Article
Seale, C., & Charteris-Black, J. (2008). The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives. Ageing and Society, 28(07), 1025-1045. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0800737X

Recognition of the greater capacity of older women to draw on supportive social networks has now supplemented an earlier focus of research into gender and ageing which portrayed older men as a 'privileged gerontocracy' because of their greater access... Read More about The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives.

The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives (2008)
Journal Article
Seale, C., & Charteris-Black, J. (2008). The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives. Sociology, 42(3), 453-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038508088835

Perspectives on gender and identity that emphasize variability of performance, local context and individual agency have displaced earlier paradigms.These are now perceived to have supported gender stereotypes and language ideologies by emphasizing ge... Read More about The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives.

The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender (2008)
Journal Article
Seale, C., Charteris-Black, J., Dumelow, C., Locock, L., & Ziebland, S. (2008). The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender. Field Methods, 20(2), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X07313837

The authors report a series of controlled comparisons of fifty-eight one-to-one qualitative interviews and thirty-seven mixed-sex joint interviews on the same health-related topics. Their analysis identifies comparative keyword frequencies and is sup... Read More about The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender.