Gender, Language and Ideology :A genealogy of Japanese women's language ( Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture )

Publication subTitle :A genealogy of Japanese women's language

Publication series : Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture

Author: Momoko Nakamura  

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9789027269294

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027206497

Subject: H0 Linguistics

Keyword: Discourse studiesJapanese linguisticsPragmatics

Language: ENG

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In this wide-ranging work, Momoko Nakamura develops a challenging, sometimes surprising, but always persuasive critical corrective to deeply entrenched, essentialist conceptions of Japanese women’s language. Her historical discourse approach provides an especially productive vantage point not only on language and gender in Japan but on the formation and transformation of language ideologies everywhere.

Chapter

Japanese women’s language

Japanese women’s language

Women’s language as the norm

Women’s language as the norm

Women’s language as knowledge

Women’s language as knowledge

Women’s language as value

Women’s language as value

Women’s language in previous studies

Women’s language in previous studies

Historical-discourse approach

Historical-discourse approach

Women’s language as an ideological construct

Women’s language as an ideological construct

Discourse as data

Discourse as data

Historical perspective

Historical perspective

Organization of the book

Organization of the book

Part 1. Women’s speech as the object of regulation

Part 1. Women’s speech as the object of regulation

Chapter 1. The norms of feminine speech

Chapter 1. The norms of feminine speech

Women’s conduct books

Women’s conduct books

The Kamakura and Muromachi periods (1185–1573)

The Kamakura and Muromachi periods (1185–1573)

The Edo period (1603–1868)

The Edo period (1603–1868)

Association with femininity

Association with femininity

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 2. Normalization of court-women’s speech

Chapter 2. Normalization of court-women’s speech

Court-women’s speech

Court-women’s speech

From the symbol of upper class to the norm of women

From the symbol of upper class to the norm of women

Speech of the upper class

Speech of the upper class

Men’s use of court-women’s speech

Men’s use of court-women’s speech

Prohibition on men’s use

Prohibition on men’s use

The normalization of court-women’s speech

The normalization of court-women’s speech

Conclusion

Conclusion

Part 2. Gender and national language

Part 2. Gender and national language

Linguistic gender differences in the unification dispute

Linguistic gender differences in the unification dispute

The creation of a men’s national language

The creation of a men’s national language

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 4. Modernization of the norms of feminine speech

Chapter 4. Modernization of the norms of feminine speech

Reproduction of the premodern norms of feminine speech

Reproduction of the premodern norms of feminine speech

Logic of the modern conduct books

Logic of the modern conduct books

Logic of the school moral textbooks

Logic of the school moral textbooks

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Creating indexicality

Chapter 5. Creating indexicality

Changing attire of female students

Changing attire of female students

Construction of schoolgirl speech

Construction of schoolgirl speech

Gender-differentiation: Denial of schoolboy speech

Gender-differentiation: Denial of schoolboy speech

Selection: choosing “Teyo dawa speech” and western words

Selection: choosing “Teyo dawa speech” and western words

Derogation: Frivolous students

Derogation: Frivolous students

Sexualization: From “teyo dawa speech” to schoolgirl speech

Sexualization: From “teyo dawa speech” to schoolgirl speech

Dilemma of sexuality: Schoolgirl speech revised

Dilemma of sexuality: Schoolgirl speech revised

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 6. Masculinizing the national language

Chapter 6. Masculinizing the national language

Grammar textbooks and school readers as metalinguistic practices

Grammar textbooks and school readers as metalinguistic practices

Gender and linguistic features of Japanese national language

Gender and linguistic features of Japanese national language

Excluding features by associating them with women

Excluding features by associating them with women

Schoolboy features into the Japanese national language

Schoolboy features into the Japanese national language

Conclusion

Conclusion

Part 3. Women’s language into national language

Part 3. Women’s language into national language

Chapter 7. Women’s language as imperial tradition

Chapter 7. Women’s language as imperial tradition

Japanese language in the Asian colonies

Japanese language in the Asian colonies

Women’s language in the war period

Women’s language in the war period

Women’s language as Japanese imperial tradition

Women’s language as Japanese imperial tradition

Women’s language as a symbol of Japanese superiority

Women’s language as a symbol of Japanese superiority

Female citizens as protectors of the national language

Female citizens as protectors of the national language

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 8. Gendering of the national language under national mobilization

Chapter 8. Gendering of the national language under national mobilization

Women’s roles in national mobilization

Women’s roles in national mobilization

Gender in academic discourse

Gender in academic discourse

Locating women’s language at the margin of standard Japanese

Locating women’s language at the margin of standard Japanese

Gendering the national language

Gendering the national language

Teaching gender differences in national language readers

Teaching gender differences in national language readers

Conclusion

Conclusion

Part 4. Essentializing women’s language

Part 4. Essentializing women’s language

Chapter 9. Women’s language as reflection of femininity

Chapter 9. Women’s language as reflection of femininity

Discursive conflict over women’s language

Discursive conflict over women’s language

Essetialization of women’s langauge

Essetialization of women’s langauge

Conclusion

Conclusion

Chapter 10. A gendered Japanese national language

Chapter 10. A gendered Japanese national language

Language education and linguists under the U.S. Occupation

Language education and linguists under the U.S. Occupation

Grammar textbooks during the Occupation period

Grammar textbooks during the Occupation period

Preservation of a gendered national language

Preservation of a gendered national language

The separation of women’s language from the imperial tradition

The separation of women’s language from the imperial tradition

School readers during the Occupation period

School readers during the Occupation period

Conclusion

Conclusion

Conclusion

Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index