Author : Kimie Takahashi
Release : 2013
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 544/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language Learning, Gender and Desire by : Kimie Takahashi
Download or read book Language Learning, Gender and Desire written by Kimie Takahashi. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 choices made by young women in Japan and overseas.