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Bethan Benwell

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Bethan Benwell
Born (1971-08-04) 4 August 1971 (age 53)
Academic work
Main interestsThe relationship between discourse and identity
Notable worksDiscourse 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

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Books

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Book reviews

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References

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  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.
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