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Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa : tradition, struggle and change / edited by Lilian Atanga ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Impact, studies in language and society ; v. 33.
- Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and sex--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Language and sex.
- Sexism in language--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sexism in language.
- Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sex role.
- Gender identity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Gender identity.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Languages.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Much research on gender-based violence, especially sexual assault, indicate that women are often blamed for their predicament (Ehrlich 2002; Clark 1998). Prominent among the reasons given is 'indecent dressing' - which lures 'innocent' men to commit such crimes. Context therefore plays a major role in who is blamed. To contribute to this discussion, I discuss the role of context in apportioning blame in the two cases of sexual assault on a Ghanaian female artiste (Mzbel). This is done through the analysis of linguistic data from media reports, readers and Mzbel herself. The analysis shows that
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Gender and linguistic description
- pt. 2. Public settings and gendered language use
- pt. 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities
- pt. 4. Gendered struggles and change
- pt. 5. Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-28374-8
- 90-272-7230-1
- OCLC:
- 830160732
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