Inoue, Miyako, 1962-.

Vicarious language : gender and linguistic modernity in Japan / Miyako Inoue. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2006. - xvii, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Asia--local studies/global themes ; 11 .

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index.

An echo of national modernity: overhearing "schoolgirl speech" -- Linguistic modernity and the emergence of women's language -- From schoolgirl speech to women's language: consuming indexicality in the Women's magazines, 1890-1930 -- Capitalist modernity, the responsibilized speaking body, and the public mourning of the death of women's language -- "Just stay in the middle": the story of a woman manager -- Defamiliarizing Japanese women's language: strategies and tactics of female office workers.

0520245849 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520245857 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005010545

GBA627525 bnb

013414768 Uk


Women--Language.--Japan
Japanese language--Sex differences.

PL698.W65 / I56 2006

306.44/082/0952