How the Jilt Triumphed over the Slut: the evolution of an epithet, 1660-1780.
This essay is a historical-linguistic examination of sexual epithets for women. Women authors of drama and fiction were able to change the meanings of two words, jilt and slut, in just eighty years. This article nuances literary-critical understanding of linguistics, which has too often meant wholes...
| Published in: | Women's Writing Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 141 - 163 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2004
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