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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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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 |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa : |b Tradition, struggle and change / |c edited by Lilian Atanga, University of Dschang Cameroon ; Sibonile Edith Ellece, University of Botswana ; Lia Litosseliti, City University London ; Jane Sunderland, University of Lancaster. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Amsterdam : |b John Benjamins Publishing Company, |c [2013] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2013 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (ix, 331 pages) : |b illustrations | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society ; |v v. 33 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa: A valid epistemology?; Africa: A special continent?; Struggle and change; African 'contexts', African 'topics'?; This book; References; Part 1. Gender and linguistic description; 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya; Introduction; The study rationale; Socio-cultural background; Kenyan normative marriage: Socio-cultural practices; Woman-to-woman marriages in Africa. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Woman-to-woman marriage in KenyaIweto marriage among the Kamba; The participants in the iweto marriage; Gender and iweto; Gender in naming conventions: Discourse surrounding iweto contextualised; Kamba people's language use surrounding the institution of marriage; Discourses and ideologies surrounding Kamba marriage and the iweto institution; Sexism in Kamba: The issue of equivalents; Construction of identities in the iweto marriage; Gender implications of Kamba naming conventions; Conclusion; References; Appendix; 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana; Background. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a This study: Conceptualization, data and methodologyPreliminary quantitative findings; Findings and discussion; Conclusion; References; 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic); Background: Tone in Kera; Kera consonants; This study; Perception experiment; Production experiment; Final observations; References; Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use; 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone; Introduction; Background; Methodology; A critical approach to classroom discourse; Definitions, data analysis and discussion. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Data analysis and discussionConclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace; Introduction; Background; Address pattern in status-marked settings; Methods; General findings: The role of seniority; Specific findings: Women and seniority; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities; 6. A new South African man? Beer, masculinity and social change; Introduction; Carling Black Label: From cowboy to New Man; Carling Black Label True Men TV commercial. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Discussion and conclusion: The New Man and social changeReferences; 7. The 'Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs: Masculinities in crisis?; Introduction; Tswana culture and song; Gender in the context of Botswana; Masculinity; The data; The bands; Theoretical framework and data analysis; Inferior masculinities: The semantic derogation of men in traditional songs; The 'home-breaker discourse' and Tswana masculinities; Dominant and dominated masculinities; The dogs: Criminal masculinities in Tswana songs; Constructing 'positive' masculinities?; Conclusion; References; Appendix 1. | |
| 500 | |a Appendix 2. | ||
| 520 | |a 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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| 650 | 0 | |a Language and sex |z Africa, Sub-Saharan. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sex role |z Africa, Sub-Saharan. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sexism in language |z Africa, Sub-Saharan. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Afrique subsaharienne |x Langues. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Identité sexuelle |z Afrique subsaharienne. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Langage et sexualité |z Afrique subsaharienne. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Rôle selon le sexe |z Afrique subsaharienne. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Sexisme dans le langage |z Afrique subsaharienne. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES |x Linguistics |x Sociolinguistics. |2 bisacsh | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Language and languages. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00992154 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Language and sex. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00992283 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Sex role. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01114598 | |
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| 651 | 7 | |a Sub-Saharan Africa. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01239520 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Atanga, Lilian Lem, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ellece, Sibonile, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Litosseliti, Lia, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sunderland, Jane, |d 1952- |e editor. | |
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