Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa

Name: Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa | Tradition, struggle and change
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Tradition, struggle and change

Lilian Lem Atanga Sibonile Edith Ellece Lia Litosseliti Jane Sunderland(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 27. März 2013

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Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Dedication page
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa: A valid epistemology?
Africa: A special continent?
Struggle and change
African 'contexts', African 'topics'?
This book
References
Part 1. Gender and linguistic description
1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya
Introduction
The study rationale
Socio-cultural background
Kenyan normative marriage: Socio-cultural practices
Woman-to-woman marriages in Africa
Woman-to-woman marriage in Kenya
Iweto marriage among the Kamba
The participants in the iweto marriage
Gender and iweto
Gender in naming conventions: Discourse surrounding iweto contextualised
Kamba people's language use surrounding the institution of marriage
Discourses and ideologies surrounding Kamba marriage and the iweto institution
Sexism in Kamba: The issue of equivalents
Construction of identities in the iweto marriage
Gender implications of Kamba naming conventions
Conclusion
References
Appendix
2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana
Background
This study: Conceptualization, data and methodology
Preliminary quantitative findings
Findings and discussion
Conclusion
References
3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic)
Background: Tone in Kera
Kera consonants
This study
Perception experiment
Production experiment
Final observations
References
Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use
4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone
Introduction
Background
Methodology
A critical approach to classroom discourse
Definitions, data analysis and discussion
Data analysis and discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace
Introduction
Background
Address pattern in status-marked settings
Methods
General findings: The role of seniority
Specific findings: Women and seniority
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities
6. A new South African man? Beer, masculinity and social change
Introduction
Carling Black Label: From cowboy to New Man
Carling Black Label True Men TV commercial
Discussion and conclusion: The New Man and social change
References
7. The 'Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs: Masculinities in crisis?
Introduction
Tswana culture and song
Gender in the context of Botswana
Masculinity
The data
The bands
Theoretical framework and data analysis
Inferior masculinities: The semantic derogation of men in traditional songs
The 'home-breaker discourse' and Tswana masculinities
Dominant and dominated masculinities
The dogs: Criminal masculinities in Tswana songs
Constructing 'positive' masculinities?
Conclusion
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
8. Language and gender in popular music in Botswana
Introduction
Theoretical perspective and literature review
Data collection
Analysis of the songs
Infidelity, adultery and promiscuity
Cowardice and treachery
Fidelity in marriage
Women's materialism and promiscuity
Gender-based abuse/violence and women's resistance
Conclusion
References
Appendix: Song lyrics
Part 4. Gendered struggles and change
9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho: A critical discourse analysis
References
10. Student Pidgin: A masculine code encroached on by young women
Structure and lexis of Student Pidgin
Sociolinguistic aspects of SP
The language situation in Ghana
Women in Ghana
Ghanaian Pidgin (GhaP) as a male code
Student Pidgin (SP) as a male youth language
Empirical studies of Student Pidgin
Student Pidgin as a youth language
Discussion
Conclusion
References
11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa
Introduction
Theoretical approach
Methodology
IsiHlonipho (language of respect)
IsiTsotsi (language of street-wisdom)
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References
12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Introduction
On the politics of naming: Why 'men who engage in same-sex relations'?
Background
Framework and methodology
Findings
Linguistic harassment
Internalisation of homophobia and linguistic harassment
Language as (limited) resist-stance
Conclusion
References
Appendix
13. "I cannot be blamed for my own assault": Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mz
Introduction
Background to the study
Discourse(s), context and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
Methodology
'Real' vs. 'simple' sexual assault?
Socio-cultural context
Legal context
The use of 'relevance'
Conclusions
References
Appendix
Part 5. Epilogue: African feminism?
African feminism?
Introduction
Critiquing 'Western' feminism
Shades of African feminism
Contemporary theorisations of African feminism
Sexuality and feminism in Africa
Concluding thoughts
References
Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts: Bibliography
Contributors
Index

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