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Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa : Tradition, struggle and change /
Much research on gender-based violence, especially sexual assault, indicate that women are often blamed for their predicament (Ehrlich 2002; Clark 1998). Prominent among the reasons given is 'indecent dressing' - which lures 'innocent' men to commit such crimes. Context therefore...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Impact, studies in language and society ;
33. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Much research on gender-based violence, especially sexual assault, indicate that women are often blamed for their predicament (Ehrlich 2002; Clark 1998). Prominent among the reasons given is 'indecent dressing' - which lures 'innocent' men to commit such crimes. Context therefore plays a major role in who is blamed. To contribute to this discussion, I discuss the role of context in apportioning blame in the two cases of sexual assault on a Ghanaian female artiste (Mzbel). This is done through the analysis of linguistic data from media reports, readers and Mzbel herself. The analysis shows that. |
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| Notas: | Appendix 2. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027272300 9027272301 |