ISBN:
1299283748
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9027218749
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9027272301
,
9781299283749
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9789027218742
,
9789027272300
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (ix, 331 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
Impact, studies in language and society 33
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa
DDC:
306.440967
Keywords:
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
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Gender identity
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Language and languages
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Language and sex
;
Sex role
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Sexism in language
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Linguistik
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Sprache
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Gender identity
;
Language and sex
;
Sex role
;
Sexism in language
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Sprache
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Sprache
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Soziolinguistik
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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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