Bethan Benwell

Bethan Benwell
Born	(1971-08-04) 4 August 1971 (age 53)
Academic work
Main interests	The relationship between discourse and identity
Notable works	Discourse and Identity
Notes
Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of Stirling

Bethan Benwell (born 4 August 1971), ^[1] is a British linguist. She has been a senior lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, for the Division of Literature and Languages, at the University of Stirling since 2008. ^[2]

She was co-investigator on an AHRC-funded project (2007–2010): Devolving Diasporas: Migration and Reception in Central Scotland, 1980–present with James Procter (Newcastle University), Gemma Robinson (University of Stirling), and Jackie Kay (Newcastle University). ^[3]

Her book, Discourse and Identity, which was co-authored with Elizabeth Stokoe, ^[4] was nominated for the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Book Prize in 2007. ^[5]

Bibliography

Books

• Benwell, Bethan (2003). Masculinity and men's lifestyle magazines . Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Blackwell Pub./Sociological Review. ISBN   9781405114639.
• Benwell, Bethan; Stokoe, Elizabeth (2006). Discourse and identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   9780748617500.
• Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (2012). Postcolonial audiences: readers, viewers and reception. New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415888714.
• Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James (2015). Reading across worlds: transnational book groups and the reception of difference. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York City: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9781137276391.

Chapters in books

• Benwell, Bethan (2002), "Introduction: masculinity and men's lifestyle magazines", in Litosseliti, Lia; Sunderland, Jane (eds.), Gender identity and discourse analysis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John Benjamins Publishing Co., pp. 149–174, ISBN   9789027226921. Online.
• Benwell, Bethan (2002), "Elusive masculinities: Locating the male in the men's lifestyle magazine", in Sanchez-Macarro, Antonia (ed.), Windows on the world: media discourse in English, English in the World, Vol. 1, València: Universitat de València, pp. 41–62, ISBN   9788437054469.
• Benwell, Bethan (2003), "Introduction: masculinity and men's lifestyle magazines", in Benwell, Bethan (ed.), Masculinity and men's lifestyle magazines, Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Blackwell Pub./Sociological Review, pp.  6–29, ISBN   9781405114639.
• Benwell, Bethan (2003), "Ambiguous masculinities: heroism and anti-heroism in the men's lifestyle magazine", in Benwell, Bethan (ed.), Masculinity and men's lifestyle magazines, Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Blackwell Pub./Sociological Review, pp.  151–168, ISBN   9781405114639.
• Benwell, Bethan (2005), "University students resisting academic identity", in Richards, Keith; Seedhouse, Paul (eds.), Applying conversation analysis, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 124–140, ISBN   9781403942333.
• Benwell, Bethan (2010), "Masculinity and men's magazines", in Simpson, Paul; Mayr, Andrea (eds.), Language and power: a resource book for students, London New York City: Routledge, pp. 172–179, ISBN   9780415468992.
• Benwell, Bethan; Stokoe, Elizabeth (2010), "University students resisting academic identity", in Griffiths, Patrick; Merrison, Andrew John; Bloomer, Aileen (eds.), Language in use: a reader, London New York: Routledge, pp. 82–97, ISBN   9780415442046.
• Benwell, Bethan; Stokoe, Elizabeth (2010), "Analysing identity in interaction: contrasting discourse, genealogical, narrative and conversation analysis", in Wetherell, Margaret; Mohanty, Chandra Talpade (eds.), The sage handbook of identities, Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, pp. 82–104, ISBN   9781412934114.
• Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (2012), "Introduction", in Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (eds.), Postcolonial audiences: readers, viewers and reception, New York: Routledge, pp. 1–23, ISBN   9781138851559.
• Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (2012), ""That may be where I come from but that's not how I read": diaspora, location and reading identities", in Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (eds.), Postcolonial audiences: readers, viewers and reception, New York: Routledge, pp. 43–56, ISBN   9781138851559.
• Benwell, Bethan; Allington, Daniel (2012), "Reading the reading experience: an ethnomethodological approach to "booktalk"", in Lang, Anouk (ed.), From codex to hypertext: reading at the turn of the twenty-first century, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, pp. 217–233, ISBN   9781558499539.
• Benwell, Bethan (2014), "Language and masculinity", in Ehrlich, Susan; Meyerhoff, Miriam; Holmes, Janet (eds.), The handbook of language, gender, and sexuality (2nd ed.), Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 240–259, ISBN   9780470656426.
• Benwell, Bethan; Beynon, John (2015), "Masculinity and the media", in Donsbach, Wolfgang (ed.), The concise encyclopedia of communication, Chichester, West Sussex, UK Malden, Massachusetts, USA: International Communication Association and Wiley-Blackwell, p. 341, ISBN   9781118789308.

Journal articles

• Benwell, Bethan (1999). "The organisation of knowledge in British university tutorial discourse: Issues, pedagogic discourse strategies and disciplinary identity". Pragmatics. 9 (4): 535–565. doi: 10.1075/prag.9.4.06ben .
• Benwell, Bethan (Spring 2001). "Male gossip and language play in the letters pages of men's lifestyle magazines". The Journal of Popular Culture . 34 (4): 19–33. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.2001.3404_19.x.
• Benwell, Bethan (July 2004). "Ironic discourse: evasive masculinity in men's lifestyle magazines". Men and Masculinities . 7 (1): 3–21. doi:10.1177/1097184X03257438. S2CID   145210684.
• Benwell, Bethan (March 2005). ""Lucky this is anonymous!" Men's magazines and ethnographies of reading: A textual culture approach". Discourse and Society . 16 (2): 147–172. doi:10.1177/0957926505049616. hdl: 1893/13065 . S2CID   144963267.
• Benwell, Bethan (2007). "New sexism? Readers' responses to the use of irony in men's magazines" (PDF). Journalism Studies. 8 (4): 539–549. doi:10.1080/14616700701411797. hdl: 1893/13077 . S2CID   18568206.
• Benwell, Bethan (August 2009). "'A pathetic and racist and awful character': ethnomethodological approaches to the reception of diasporic fiction". Language and Literature . 18 (3): 300–315. doi:10.1177/0963947009105855. S2CID   145670068.
• Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (Winter 2011). "Not reading "Brick Lane"". New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory & Politics. 73 (73): 64–90. doi:10.3898/NEWF.73.06.2011. S2CID   144465250. Pdf.
• Benwell, Bethan (December 2011). "Masculine identity and identification as ethnomethodological phenomena: revisiting Cameron and Kulick". Gender and Language . 5 (2): 187–211. doi:10.1558/genl.v5i2.187.
• Benwell, Bethan (July 2012). "Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech". Discourse & Society . 23 (4): 359–376. doi:10.1177/0957926512441106. hdl: 1893/13073 . S2CID   143966075.
• Benwell, Bethan; Stokoe, Elizabeth; Attenborough, Frederick (June 2013). "University students managing engagement, preparation, knowledge and achievement: Interactional evidence from institutional, domestic and virtual settings". Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 2 (2): 75–90. doi:10.1016/j.lcsi.2013.01.001. Pdf.

Book reviews

• Benwell, Bethan (November 2000). "Review of: Star Authors: Literary Celebrity in America, Joe Moran, London/Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2000, 192 pp, ISBN 9780745315195". Media, Culture & Society . 22 (6): 853–855. doi:10.1177/016344300022006010. S2CID   220925410.
• Benwell, Bethan (May 2002). "Review of: Good To Talk?: Living and Working in a Communication Culture, Deborah Cameron, London: Sage, 2000, 213 pp., ISBN 9780761957713". Media, Culture & Society . 24 (3): 443–444. doi:10.1177/016344370202400310. S2CID   144483570.
• Benwell, Bethan (May 2004). "Review of: Making Sense of Men's Magazines, Peter Jackson, Nick Stevenson and Kate Brooks, London: Polity, 2001, 224 pp, ISBN 9780745621753". Media, Culture & Society . 26 (3): 459–461. doi:10.1177/0163443704042563. S2CID   220930451.
• Benwell, Bethan (February 2007). "Review of: The Sociolinguistics of Narrative, Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates, Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005, 299 pp, ISBN 9781588116352". Journal of Sociolinguistics . 11 (1): 116–121. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9841.2007.00312_7.x.
• Benwell, Bethan (2007). "Review of: Speaking Out: The Female Voice in Public Contexts, Dr. Judith Baxter, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 288 pp. ISBN 9781403994080". Journal of Gender Studies . 16 (2): 192–194. doi:10.1080/09589230701334388. S2CID   216137306.

References

1. "Benwell, Bethan". Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 May 2015. data view (birth date: August 04, 1971)
2. "Dr Bethan Benwell". University of Stirling. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. "Contact details". devolvingdiasporas.com. Newcastle University . Retrieved 31 May 2015.
4. Benwell, Bethan; Stokoe, Elizabeth (2006). Discourse and identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   9780748617500.
5. "BAAL Book Prize 2007" (PDF). British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

External links

• Profile page: Bethan Benwell, English Studies, Literature and Languages, University of Stirling
• Devolving Diasporas project