The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity 1847696589, 9781847696588

TheMaking of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity 9781847696588

Japan is regarded as a model case of successful language modernization. It is also often erroneously believed to be ling

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The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity 1847696562, 9781847696564

Japan is widely regarded as a model case of successful language modernization, and it is often erroneously believed to b

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Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology 9780520926844

Julia Adeney Thomas turns the concept of nature into a powerful analytical lens through which to view Japanese modernity

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The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan 9780824837617

Available for the first time in English, The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan (1996) is Lee Ye

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Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan 9780520939066

This highly original study provides an entirely new critical perspective on the central importance of ideas about langua

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Gender, language and ideology : a genealogy of Japanese women's language 2014030879, 9789027206497, 9789027269294

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TheIdea of English in Japan: Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language 9781847692030

This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resu

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The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan 9780822384762, 0822330083, 082233044x, 2002015237

A study of the "modern" woman in Japan before World War II.

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Kansai Japanese : the language of Ōsaka, Kyōto, and Western Japan 0804818681

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The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan 9780822384762

A study of the "modern" woman in Japan before World War II.

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