Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of figures and tables xi
5. List of abbreviations in transcriptions xiii
6. Notes on Japanese names, the Romanization of Japanese language and translation of Japanese into English xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part 1. Women’s speech as the object of regulation
9. Chapter 1. The norms of feminine speech 39
10. Chapter 2. Normalization of court-women’s speech 55
11. Part 2. Gender and national language
12. Chapter 3. Construction of a national language for men 77
13. Chapter 4. Modernization of the norms of feminine speech 87
14. Chapter 5. Creating indexicality 103
15. Chapter 6. Masculinizing the national language 137
16. Part 3. Women’s language into national language
17. Chapter 7. Women’s language as imperial tradition 159
18. Chapter 8. Gendering of the national language under national mobilization 171
19. Part 4. Essentializing women’s language
20. Chapter 9. Women’s language as reflection of femininity 199
21. Chapter 10. A gendered Japanese national language 209
22. Conclusion 227
23. References 231
24. Index 251