Womansword e-bog
72,87 DKK
(inkl. moms 91,09 DKK)
"e;A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."e;The New York Times Thirty 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...
E-bog
72,87 DKK
Forlag
Stone Bridge Press
Udgivet
14 november 2016
Længde
176 sider
Genrer
1FPJ
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781611729191
"e;A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."e;The New York Times Thirty 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 haveand haven'tchanged.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.