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Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Miyako Inoue
Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Miyako Inoue
Provides a critical perspective on the central importance of ideas about language in the reproduction of gender, class, and race divisions in modern Japan. Focusing on a phenomenon commonly called "women's language," in modern Japanese society, this title considers the history and social effects of this language form.
340 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 7 figures, 6 examples, 1 chart, 2 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 5, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780520245853 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 340 |
Dimensions | 151 × 228 × 21 mm · 462 g |
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