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Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tradition, struggle and change
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Edited by:
Lilian Lem Atanga
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English
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2013
About this book
Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, Struggle and Change is the first book to bring together the topics of language and gender, African languages, and gender in African contexts, and it does so in a descriptive, explanatory and critical way. Including fascinating new work and new, often challenging data from Botswana, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, this collection looks at some ‘traditional’ uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves; it also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. The contributions to this volume are accessibly written and will be of interest to students and established academics working on African sociolinguistics and discourse, as well as those whose interest is language, gender and sexuality.
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Steven P. Black, Georgia State University, in Language and Society 43: 473–483, 2014:
This collection of chapters documents multimodal discourse practices of males and females in various African languages and national contexts, as well as the practices that constitute masculinity and femininity in these contexts. This, in and of itself, is a contribution to international scholarship on language, gender, and Africa. In addition, the edited volume contributes a number of distinct perspectives on what qualities African feminism(s) could or should have, especially African feminism(s) that could enhance research on language, culture, and society.
This collection of chapters documents multimodal discourse practices of males and females in various African languages and national contexts, as well as the practices that constitute masculinity and femininity in these contexts. This, in and of itself, is a contribution to international scholarship on language, gender, and Africa. In addition, the edited volume contributes a number of distinct perspectives on what qualities African feminism(s) could or should have, especially African feminism(s) that could enhance research on language, culture, and society.
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A valid epistemology? Lilian Lem Atanga, Sibonile Edith Ellece, Lia Litosseliti and Jane Sunderland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Part 1. Gender and linguistic description
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Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities
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Beer, masculinity and social change Tommaso M. Milani and Mooniq Shaikjee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Masculinities in crisis? Sibonile Edith Ellece Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Part 4. Gendered struggles and change
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A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims Puleng Hanong Thetela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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A masculine code encroached on by young women Kari Dako Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel’s sexual assaults Grace Diabah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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March 8, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9789027272300
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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331
eBook ISBN:
9789027272300
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Professional and scholarly;
