The discursive construction of femininities in the accounts of Japanese women  

Oleh:

Charlebois, Justin

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse Studies (Full Text) vol. 12 no. 5 (Oct. 2010), page 699-714.
Topik: critical discursive psychology; gender; gender equality; interpretative repertoire; mother as main parent; subject position; troubled subject position; women as natural caregivers
Fulltext: 2010.12.699-714.pdf (298.54KB)

Isi artikel

This article presents findings from a study investigating the gendered interpretative repertoires or ‘ways of seeing the world’ that a group of Japanese women drew on as they discursively constructed their gendered identities during semi-structured interviews. The study draws on critical discursive psychology which views language not simply as a window into people’s minds, but as a discursive resource which individuals utilize to perform various discursive functions. Participants assumed a range of subject positions in relation to these repertoires that suggests that Japanese society may be in a state of flux where dominant repertoires are undergoing discursive reformulation and change. Results of this study indicate that while interpretative repertoires constitute cultural ‘common sense’, individuals possess agency to discursively deploy, resist, and sometimes even reconstruct these discursive resources.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali