Title: | Language as a means of gender identity construction |
Author: | Diana Hornoiu |
Publication: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, IX (2) |
p-ISSN: | 2069-9239 |
Publisher: | Universitatea din București |
Place: | București |
Year: | 2007 |
Abstract: | This paper examines gender ideologies in English and Romanian societies and argues that these ideologies which assign men and women different social roles become manifest in language at the level of conversational strategies through the process of socialization. The narratives analyzed demonstrate that identity is far from being categorical or fix, but is context-dependent. In some contexts our female informants may choose to conform to the traditional feminine identity imposed by the patriarchal society, whereas in others they may choose to display more liberal identities that deviate from those norms. |
Key words: | gender ideologies, English society, Romanian society, narratives |
Links: | pdf html |
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References in this publication: 2
2 | Diana Hornoiu | Constructing Gender Identities through Narratives | AOU, XVI, 97-106 | 2005 | pdf html |
82 | Daniela Rovența-Frumușani | Analiza discursului Ipoteze și ipostaze | Editura Tritonic | 2004, 2005 |
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