{"product_id":"whats-your-pronoun-beyond-he-and-she-9781631496042","title":"What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are sparking a national debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns along with their majors; corporate conferences print name tags with space to add pronouns; email signatures sport pronouns along with names and titles. Far more than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular-they; women invoked the generic use of \u003cem\u003ehe\u003c\/em\u003e to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women's rights invoked the same word to assert that \u003cem\u003ehe\u003c\/em\u003e did not include \u003cem\u003eshe\u003c\/em\u003e); and people have been coining new gender pronouns, not just \u003cem\u003ehir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ezie\u003c\/em\u003e, for centuries. Based on Baron's own empirical research, \u003cem\u003eWhat's Your Pronoun?\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the story of the role pronouns have played--and continue to play--in establishing both our rights and our identities. It is an essential work in understanding how twenty-first-century culture has evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaron, Dennis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Baron\u003c\/strong\u003e professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, has long been a national commentator on language issues, from the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e to NPR and CNN. A recent Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in Champaign, Illinois.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611006963986,"sku":"9781631496042","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2455900-6957-42da-af53-10ef379e2174.jpg?v=1732354748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whats-your-pronoun-beyond-he-and-she-9781631496042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}