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]
Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (2012). Postcolonial audiences: readers, viewers and reception. New York: Routledge.
ISBN9780415888714.
Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James (2015). Reading across worlds: transnational book groups and the reception of difference. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York City: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN9781137276391.
Chapters in books
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,
ISBN9789027226921.
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,
ISBN9788437054469.
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,
ISBN9781405114639.
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,
ISBN9781405114639.
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,
ISBN9781403942333.
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,
ISBN9780415468992.
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,
ISBN9780415442046.
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,
ISBN9781138851559.
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,
ISBN9781138851559.
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,
ISBN9781558499539.
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,
ISBN9780470656426.
Benwell, Bethan;
Stokoe, Elizabeth;
Attenborough, Frederick (June 2013). "University students managing engagement, preparation, knowledge and achievement: Interactional evidence from institutional, domestic and virtual settings". Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 2 (2): 75–90.
doi:
10.1016/j.lcsi.2013.01.001.
Pdf.
Benwell, Bethan (May 2004). "Review of: Making Sense of Men's Magazines, Peter Jackson, Nick Stevenson and Kate Brooks, London: Polity, 2001, 224 pp, ISBN 9780745621753". Media, Culture & Society. 26 (3): 459–461.
doi:
10.1177/0163443704042563.
S2CID220930451.
Benwell, Bethan (February 2007). "Review of: The Sociolinguistics of Narrative, Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates, Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005, 299 pp, ISBN 9781588116352". Journal of Sociolinguistics. 11 (1): 116–121.
doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9841.2007.00312_7.x.
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]
Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James; Robinson, Gemma (2012). Postcolonial audiences: readers, viewers and reception. New York: Routledge.
ISBN9780415888714.
Benwell, Bethan; Procter, James (2015). Reading across worlds: transnational book groups and the reception of difference. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York City: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN9781137276391.
Chapters in books
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,
ISBN9789027226921.
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,
ISBN9788437054469.
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,
ISBN9781405114639.
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,
ISBN9781405114639.
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,
ISBN9781403942333.
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,
ISBN9780415468992.
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,
ISBN9780415442046.
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,
ISBN9781138851559.
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,
ISBN9781138851559.
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,
ISBN9781558499539.
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,
ISBN9780470656426.
Benwell, Bethan;
Stokoe, Elizabeth;
Attenborough, Frederick (June 2013). "University students managing engagement, preparation, knowledge and achievement: Interactional evidence from institutional, domestic and virtual settings". Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 2 (2): 75–90.
doi:
10.1016/j.lcsi.2013.01.001.
Pdf.
Benwell, Bethan (May 2004). "Review of: Making Sense of Men's Magazines, Peter Jackson, Nick Stevenson and Kate Brooks, London: Polity, 2001, 224 pp, ISBN 9780745621753". Media, Culture & Society. 26 (3): 459–461.
doi:
10.1177/0163443704042563.
S2CID220930451.
Benwell, Bethan (February 2007). "Review of: The Sociolinguistics of Narrative, Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates, Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005, 299 pp, ISBN 9781588116352". Journal of Sociolinguistics. 11 (1): 116–121.
doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9841.2007.00312_7.x.