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This chapter introduces the Alpha male, offering an example of this ideological figure and discussing its popularization in Anglophone North American contexts, using the example of its interpolation in a popular US television series. It continues by sketching out the book as a whole, including the foci and objectives of different chapters, while also situating this work within a broader field of critical linguistics. Further addressed are author positionality and the influence of author stance on description, interpretation, and analysis.
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In perhaps his most famous song, cantautore Gaber proclaims “la libertà non è star sopra un albero, non è neanche aver un’opinione. La libertà non è uno spazio libero. Libertà è partecipazione.” [‘Freedom is not standing up atop a tree, nor is it having an opinion. Freedom isn’t an open field. Freedom is participation.’ Translation mine.]
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Russell, E.L. (2021). Stumbling into Alpha. In: Alpha Masculinity. Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70470-4_1
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