The Language of Feminine Duty: Articulating Gender, Culture, and Covert Policy in Modern Japan

This book explores how women's speech was used as a policy construct in Japan from the 1880s to the 1920s, analyzing language policies and gendered speech styles. It proposes cross-cultural approaches to language and gender theories and contributes to interdisciplinary scholarship on gender, language, and policy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 21 July 2021
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc

This book delves into the intricate examination of women's speech as a multifaceted policy of constructs that emerged in both official and unofficial discourse during the period spanning from the 1880s to the 1920s in Japan. It conducts a comprehensive analysis of the specific language policies that were integrated into governmental gender policy to sustain and perpetuate women's speech, as well as the asymmetrical gendered speech styles and concepts that exist within the Japanese language. Furthermore, it endeavors to establish innovative cross-cultural approaches to language and gender theories, drawing inspiration from the frameworks initiated in the United States and Europe. By proposing novel concepts of language policy, this work makes a significant contribution to the ongoing interdisciplinary scholarship on gender, language, and policy. It challenges the traditional understanding of the relationship between the Japanese national language and women's speech, offering a fresh perspective that sheds light on the complex dynamics and complexities of this interplay.

This book explores the multifaceted examination of women's speech as a multifaceted policy of constructs that emerged in both official and unofficial discourse during the period spanning from the 1880s to the 1920s in Japan. It conducts a comprehensive analysis of the specific language policies that were integrated into governmental gender policy to sustain and perpetuate women's speech, as well as the asymmetrical gendered speech styles and concepts that exist within the Japanese language. Furthermore, it endeavors to establish innovative cross-cultural approaches to language and gender theories, drawing inspiration from the frameworks initiated in the United States and Europe. By proposing novel concepts of language policy, this work makes a significant contribution to the ongoing interdisciplinary scholarship on gender, language, and policy. It challenges the traditional understanding of the relationship between the Japanese national language and women's speech, offering a fresh perspective that sheds light on the complex dynamics and complexities of this interplay.

Weight: 474g
Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433184550
Edition number: New ed