This book is a holistic exploration of personal pronouns in English and their development: Krauthamer gives an overview of what pronouns are, why they are problematic, what they reveal about us, how they can be used effectively, where they came from, and where they are going.
This work is less addressed to linguists and more to educators, editors, and aspiring allies to gender-expansive individuals. Each chapter ends with an annotated bibliography and a set of activities, which can be used to hone one's prodar, or 'sensitivity to pronouns whenever they occur - Tran Truong, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago
Helene Seltzer Krauthamer is Professor of English, and English and Foreign Languages Program Coordinator, at the University of the District of Columbia, USA.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The pronoun problem, again
Chapter 2: Pronouns in print and on Broadway
Chapter 3: Nonbinary pronouns: In transition
Chapter 4: Pronouns for pets, planets, and other bodies
Chapter 5: Where art thou? Pronouns in history
Chapter 6: Religious pronouns: Thanks be to Them!
Chapter 7: Neopronouns: The final act of self-actualization
Chapter 8: Breaking the grammar binary: The third word category
Chapter 9: What's a teacher-student-writer-editor-ally- person to do?
Appendix: Signs of them