Isbn: 9780367734701 - language, gender and ideology: constructions of femininity for marriage (4 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 216 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores multiple facets of femininity for marriage in India. Using language as an entry point, it looks at how and why media representations of gender identities are constructed the way they are. It works with a unique synthesis of second-wave feminist discourse and empirical linguistic research to look at how the social institution of marriage becomes the site of interaction between language, ideology, psyche and culture. This volume also brings together the personal histories and views of women who discuss how media, modernity and social norms shape their ideas about marriage and selfhood.…

Zustand: New. Saumya Sharma is Assistant Professor (linguistics) at the English and Foreign Languages University, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India. She was a guest faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for a year, where she taught a course on compo.