Womansword

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"A work that tells us a great deal about both Japanese women and Japanese culture Packed with interesting linguistic, sociological and historical details."
—The New York Times
womansword: I.Japanese words about women. 2. a woman's way of looking at words that cuts, swordlike, to the 'leart of culture. 3. a book for anyone interested in what it means to be a woman in one of the world's most dynamic nations.
"Food! Bath! Bed!" barks Cockroach Husband to Mrs. Interior Thus, according to idiom, does a typical Japanese husband, as useless in the kitchen as a cockroach, converse with his wife, whose place is inside the home.
The Japanese language, an ancient tongue with built-in gender differences, is a rich repository of such colorful phrases, slang, and idioms that collectively tell the story of Japanese women—their roles, relationships, lives, and aspirations. Though Japanese bears little similarity to English, the women who speak these languages face... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$7.00
Office Flower
H316
"A work that tells us a great deal about both Japanese women and Japanese culture Packed with interesting linguistic, sociological and historical details."
—The New York Times
womansword: I.Japanese words about women. 2. a woman's way of looking at words that cuts, swordlike, to the 'leart of culture. 3. a book for anyone interested in what it means to be a woman in one of the world's most dynamic nations.
"Food! Bath! Bed!" barks Cockroach Husband to Mrs. Interior Thus, according to idiom, does a typical Japanese husband, as useless in the kitchen as a cockroach, converse with his wife, whose place is inside the home.
The Japanese language, an ancient tongue with built-in gender differences, is a rich repository of such colorful phrases, slang, and idioms that collectively tell the story of Japanese women—their roles, relationships, lives, and aspirations. Though Japanese bears little similarity to English, the women who speak these languages face many similar problems as their cultures undergo rapid social change. Japanese words offer a new perspective on issues that concern women everywhere.
Presented here, in a glossary format, are several hundred terms about female identity, girlhood, marriage, motherhood, the work world, sexuality, and aging in Japan. A provocative mix of the ordinary, taboo, ancient, and contemporary, these terms are defined and interpreted in short, lively essays.
The result is Womansword, a linguistic portrait of Japanese womanhood and a window on the fabled world of geisha, mama-san, and obedient wife and daughter.
As excerpted in Ms. magazine
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