{"product_id":"9781631496042","title":"What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAddressing one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the untold story of how we got from \u003cem\u003ehe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eshe\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003ezie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ehir\u003c\/em\u003e and singular-they.\u003c\/strong\u003e\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","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48409378685168,"sku":"9781631496042","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631496042_p0.jpg?v=1768409825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631496042","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}