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Professional identity constructions of Indian women /
This book analyzes the narratives of urban, North Indian women for the diverse ways in which they construct the impact of their medium of education - Hindi, English, or a combination of both - on varied aspects of their professional and personal lives. It examines how participants reinforce or inter...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Studies in narrative ;
v. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Professional Identity Constructions of Indian Women; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Transcription key ; Introduction; 1.1 Late modernity in the western, industrialized world; 1.2 Late modernity and postcolonial India; 1.3 Discourse; 1.4 Narratives; 1.5 Identity; 1.6 Narratives and identities; 1.7 Gender and gendered identity performances; 1.8 Power and its intersectionality with discourse; 1.9 Discursive empowerments and disempowerments; 1.9.1 Positionings between interactants; 1.9.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world.
- 1.10 Enactments of discursive empowerments and discursive disempowerments1.10.1 Stylization; 1.10.2 Reported speech; 1.10.2.1 Direct speech; 1.10.2.2 Indirect speech; 1.10.2.3 Quasi direct speech; 1.10.2.4 Choral dialogue; 1.10.2.5 Choral thought; 1.10.3 Mock languages; 1.10.4 Emotion-indexing devices; 1.10.5 Negative self or other-labeling; 1.10.6 Similes and metaphors; 1.10.7 Laughter and laughing tone; 1.10.8 Stress and intonation variations; 1.10.9 Irony and sarcasm; 1.10.10 Lexical and syntactic choices; 1.11 The ensuing chapters; Contextualizing the study; 2.1 English in India.
- 2.1.1 English in British Colonial India 2.1.2 English in post-Independence India; 2.2 Current linguistic educational policy: The 'Three Language Formula'; 2.3 Schools; 2.4 Ongoing discourses and debates about the position of English; 2.5 Patriarchy in India; 2.6 The current project; 2.6.1 Research sites; 2.6.1.1 Delhi ; 2.6.1.2 Dehradun; 2.6.1.3 Mussoorie; 2.6.1.4 Haridwar; 2.6.1.5 Rishikesh; 2.6.2 The participants; 2.6.3 Data collection; 2.6.4 Data analysis; 2.7 Conclusion ; Job advertisements; 3.1 Ridhima's story: Changing directions; 3.1.1 Positionings between interactants.
- 3.1.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world3.2 Mrigya's story: Implicating gender; 3.2.1 Positionings between interactants; 3.2.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 3.3 Krutika's story: Is the answer another degree, this time in EME?; 3.3.1 Positionings between interactants; 3.3.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 3.4 Deepika's story: Restricted domains; 3.4.1 Positionings between interactants; 3.4.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 3.5 Conclusion; Job interviews; 4.1 Jeevika's story: The consequences of speaking in Hindi during job€interviews.
- 4.1.1 Positionings between interactants 4.1.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 4.2 Hetal's story: The negative consequences of revealing a Hindi medium background to interviewers; 4.2.1 Positionings between interactants; 4.2.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 4.3 Aarushi's story: Small, private companies and sexual harassment; 4.3.1 Positionings between interactants; 4.3.2 Positionings emanating from the storied world; 4.4 Sarika's story: When an EME school certificate trumps an HME BA degree ; 4.4.1 Positionings between interactants.