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Multilingualism, second language learning, and gender /

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of second language learning, multilingualism and gender. An impressive array of papers situated within a feminist poststructuralist framework demonstrates how this framework allows for a deeper understanding of second language learning,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pavlenko, Aneta, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001.
Colección:Language, Power and Social Process LPSP.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Contributors; Introduction: Multilingualism, second language learning, and gender; 1. Gender, society, and ideology in multilingual settings; New directions in the study of multilingualism, second language learning, and gender; Complex positionings: Women negotiating identity and power in a minority urban setting; Researching women's language practices in multilingual workplaces; Gendering the 'learner': Sexual harassment and second language acquisition; 2. Negotiation and performance of gender in multilingual contexts
  • "How am I to become a woman in an American vein?": Transformations of gender performance in second language learning(Re)constructing masculinity in a new linguistic reality; Linguistic intermarriage: Language choice and negotiation of identity; Finding one's voice in Japanese: A study of the pitch levels of L2 users; 3. Gender in multilingual educational settings; Gender and public space in a bilingual school; Cross-cultural excursions: Foreign language study and feminist discourses of travel; Self-expression, gender, and community: A Japanese feminist English class; Name index; Subject index