Del 16 - Critical Language and Literacy Studies

Language Learning, Gender and Desire

Japanese Women on the Move

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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For many Japanese women, the English language has never been just another school subject. For them, English is the tool of identity transformation and the means of obtaining what they passionately desire – mobility, the West and its masculinity. Language Learning, Gender and Desire explores Japanese women's passion for learning English and how they negotiate identity and desire in the terrain of racial, sexual and linguistic politics. Drawing on ethnographic data and popular media texts, the book offers new insights into the multidirectionality of desire and power in the context of second language learning.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-01-22
Mått148 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt266 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Language and Literacy Studies
Antal sidor200
FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
ISBN9781847698537

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Kimie Takahashi's investigation of the desires that lead Japanese women to learn English interrogates and ultimately challenges all kinds of stereotypes - Asian and Western, racial and sexual, cultural and linguistic. Original and thought-provoking, this book opens up important questions about second language learning, and makes a novel contribution to ongoing discussions of language, identity and difference.