Linguistic Tactics and Strategies of Marginalization in Japanese

by Judit Kroo (Editor), Kyoko Satoh (Editor)

Overview

This edited book brings together studies on different aspects of marginalization in Japanese, creating a framework for studying marginalization which can also be applied in other linguistic and international contexts. The chapters in this book look at both marginalization of others and self-marginalization, examining the pragmatic strategies used to achieve marginalization, and investigating situations where it acts as an agentive tactic of speakers, in addition to a strategy of broader social structures. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, pragmatics, linguistic anthropology, and East Asian languages and cultures. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030678258
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	03/18/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Judit Kroo is Assistant Professor of Japanese Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Arizona State University, USA. Her current projects consider the social construction of standard or desirable gendered adulthoods in Japan and Korea, alternative economic practices among younger Japanese adults, and the construction of mediatized social personae.

Kyoko Satoh is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Yokohama City University, Japan. Her research interests include display of self and identity constructions through linguistic tactics in Japanese.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction (Judit Kroo).- Part 1: Marginalization and Natural Language Data.- Chapter 2: Strategies of Discourse (Re)-Framing as Micropolitics Among Contemporary Japanese University Students (Judit Kroo).- Chapter 3: When the Model Becomes the Marginalized: Identity Struggles of Japanese Job-hunters (Andrew Barke and Momoyo Shimazu).- Chapter 4: The Struggle Against Hegemonic Femininity: The Narrative of a Japanese Actress (Kyoko Satoh).- Chapter 5: Intersectional Identities: Voices from the Margins of ELT in Japan (Yuzuko Nagashima and Luke Lawrence).- Chapter 6: Epistemic Primacy and Self/Other Marginalization in a Parliamentary Debate: A Case Study of Female Japanese Politicians (Keiko Tsuchiya).- Part 2: Marginalization and Mediatized Data.- Chapter 7: “We’re Family”: Japanese Characters’ Categorizations of a Gay Man in a TV Drama (Junko Saito).- Chapter 8: Street Corners and Hugs: Queer Japanese Challenges to Heteronormativity Through Social Media (Gavin Furukawa).- Chapter 9: Self-denigration Among Japanese Female Fans Online: Creating Community Through Marginality (Giancarla Unser-Schutz).- Chapter 10: Connecting the Personal to the Collective: The haafu aruaru (Things That Happen to Racially/Ethnically ‘Mixed’ People) Narratives on Twitter (Rika Yamashita).- Chapter 11: Afterword (Judit Kroo and Kyoko Satoh).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A unique collection of transdisciplinary studies focusing on marginalization in Japanese which is a must-read for courses in various disciplines, including linguistics and sociology, as well as those who are planning to work in Japan”. –Masaki Oda, Tamagawa University, Japan