Language learning, gender and desire Japanese women on the move

This book explores Japanese women's desire for English as a means of identity transformation and as access to the West and its masculinity. Drawing on ethnographic data and critical discourse analysis, the book illuminates how such desire impacts upon the linguistic, social, and romantic choice...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Takahashi, Kimie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK Multilingual Matters ©2013.
Series:	Critical language and literacy studies 16
Subjects:	English language > Social aspects > Japan. Women > Japan > Identity. Women > Japan > Language. English language > Study and teaching > Japan. Women > Japan > Social conditions > 21st century. Second language acquisition.