Living with patriarchy : discursive constructions of gendered subjects across cultures / edited by Danijela Majstorovic, Inger Lassen.

This innovative book critically examines patriarchal hegemonies from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. It challenges the Anglo-American bias of much gender and language research to date by including rich new data and insights from scholars working in countries such as Colombi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Majstorović, Danijela, Lassen, Inger, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2011.
Series:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 45.
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Summary:This innovative book critically examines patriarchal hegemonies from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. It challenges the Anglo-American bias of much gender and language research to date by including rich new data and insights from scholars working in countries such as Colombia, Liberia, Kenya, Vietnam, Japan, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sweden, Denmark and Poland. Within these different geographical contexts, a broadly defined notion of culture incorporates organizational cultures, subcultures of society, cultures of clans or tribes as well as national cultures, dependi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (307 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027283948
902728394X
128331469X
9781283314695