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Womansword : What Japanese Words Say about Women.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cherry, Kittredge.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : Stone Bridge Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing.--The New York TimesThirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, and historical insight into issues central to the lives of women everywhere: identity, girlhood, marriage, motherhood, work, sexuality, and aging. A new introduction shows how things have--and haven't--changed.Kittredge Cherry studied in Japan and has written about the country for Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal. She has a journalism degree from University of Iowa.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781611729191
- 161172919X
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