Words for Women's Work: A comparative study of words in Japanese and English for tasks associated with women working within the home - Softcover

Vestre, Sissel K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639069846 ISBN 13: 9783639069846

Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Does our choice of words and use of language somehowsabotage respect due to women forthe work they do? Can the analysis of words forwomen's work at home, or for the family, explain orreveal attitudes?This book is about Japanese words, and English, usedto describe traditional tasks that women perform. Isit significant that the important and time consumingtask of bearing and rearing children, and caring fordisabled and elderly, is subsumed under a simpleterm care, which basically is a verb of attitude oremotion? The verb nurse, which indicates a role,conjures up a figure, not the hard work a person whonurses somebody may have to do. There are importantlinks between language and identity.This book a slightly adapted version of a thesisfor a Cand. Philol. degree in Japanese, submitted tothe University of Oslo in 2007. It should be ofinterest to teachers and students of language. Butit is also of interest to all concerned with women'sposition in society, who wish to plan for a socialorder where women are respected for the work theydo.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3639069846
• ISBN 13: 9783639069846
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 100
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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