Language Learning, Gender and Desire - Japanese Women on the Move (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Kimie Takahashi
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-84769-853-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-84769-853-0
Barcode:	9781847698537

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