Kris Aric Knisely & Eric Louis Russell (eds.), Redoing linguistic worlds: Unmaking gender binaries, remaking gender pluralities . Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2024. Pp. 288. Pb. £40.

Key Points

• The volume aims to explore and challenge conventional understandings of gender by presenting diverse linguistic and cultural perspectives.
• Compilation of essays from various authors focusing on gender and language.
• Each chapter discusses different approaches to unmaking gender binaries.
• Interdisciplinary methods are employed to analyze language and identity.
• Highlights the limitations of binary gender frameworks in language.
• Demonstrates the richness of gender pluralities through diverse linguistic examples.
• Encourages a rethinking of cultural narratives surrounding gender.