Living with Patriarchy: Discursive Constructions of Gendered Subjects across Cultures

Table of contents......Page 6
Gender imbalances revisited......Page 8
Why another book on gender?......Page 10
Gender research – A brief overview......Page 11
Purposes, approaches and structure......Page 14
Overview of book chapters......Page 15
Bibliography......Page 18
Part I. Patriarchy and emancipation in private spaces......Page 22
“He beat her so hard she fell head over heels”......Page 24
Theoretical background......Page 26
Context: Colombian culture and VAW......Page 27
Data set......Page 31
Two forums: Lizzeth and the image of a ‘proper victim’......Page 33
Analysis: Models and methodology......Page 34
Major strategy: Normalising violence......Page 37
Connections to Colombian culture and more universal legitimation of VAW......Page 46
References......Page 49
Introduction......Page 56
Honorific expressions usage among Dholuo speakers......Page 59
Idiom usage among Dholuo speakers......Page 60
Power and social relations from a Discourse Historical perspective......Page 61
The discursive construction of dominant versus subordinate roles among Dholuo speakers......Page 63
Objectification and domestication of women among Dholuo speakers......Page 70
Conclusions......Page 73
References......Page 74
Introduction......Page 76
A lexical gap......Page 77
The reform......Page 78
Explanations for its success......Page 81
A failure after all?......Page 84
References......Page 86
What it means to be a Bosnian woman......Page 88
1. Introduction......Page 89
2. Feminism and patriarchy in the Balkans......Page 90
3. Qualitative feminist research: Challenges of interdisciplinarity......Page 92
4. Research design......Page 95
5.1 Trapped in transition......Page 96
5.3 Topos of struggle......Page 99
5.4 Topos of victim......Page 104
5.5 The ‘dangers’ of feminism......Page 107
6. Conclusions......Page 113
Bibliography......Page 115
Part II. Mediating gender in public spaces......Page 118
Greek men’s and women’s magazines as codes of gender conduct......Page 120
Introduction......Page 121
Deontic modality, media power and gender......Page 123
The data......Page 124
Deontic clusters: Structure, distribution and discourse function......Page 126
Conclusion......Page 145
References......Page 147
Appendix: The Greek examples (transliterations)......Page 151
1. Introduction......Page 152
2. Conceptual background......Page 154
3. Methodological approach......Page 156
4. Analysis of the advertisement......Page 157
5. Conclusion......Page 170
References......Page 171
Introduction......Page 176
Theoretical considerations......Page 179
Feminist Post-structuralist Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis......Page 181
Related studies......Page 182
Methodology......Page 183
Findings......Page 184
Discussion of findings......Page 193
References......Page 195
Appendix A......Page 198
Appendix B......Page 200
1. Introduction......Page 202
2. Contextual background......Page 204
3. Methodology......Page 206
4.1 The expected woman in the public sphere......Page 208
4.2 The expected woman in the domestic sphere......Page 213
5. Conclusion......Page 220
References......Page 221
Appendix: Original texts of examples......Page 222
Part III. Trajectories of patriarchy and emancipation across professions......Page 224
Constructing masculine work identity through narrative......Page 226
1. Introduction......Page 227
2.1 Gender: Constructed through discourse......Page 229
2.2 Gender: An organizing and structuring principle......Page 230
3. Methodology......Page 231
4.4 Dr. Lasalle......Page 233
5. Analysis......Page 234
5.1 Overcrowding......Page 235
5.2 Dr. Belmont’s interview......Page 236
5.3 Dr. Lasalle’s interview......Page 242
6. Conclusion......Page 247
References......Page 249
Appendix 1: Discourse transcription conventions......Page 250
Appendix 2: Original transcripts in French......Page 251
Stereotyping gender......Page 256
1. Introduction......Page 257
2. Contextual background and purpose of the study......Page 258
4.1 Stereotyping......Page 260
4.3 Appraisal......Page 262
5.1 The difference perspective: Enabling and constraining factors......Page 263
5.2 Stereotyping – men’s construction of men and women......Page 264
5.3 Stereotyping – women’s construction of men and women......Page 267
5.4 The difference perspective – stereotypes by a mixed group of managers (M/W)......Page 270
5.5 The multiple identities perspective......Page 271
6. Conclusions......Page 273
References......Page 274
Internet sources......Page 275
Introduction......Page 280
1. Therapeutic culture in late modernity......Page 282
2.1 Women’s talk and feminine discourse......Page 286
2.2 The discourse of psychotherapy and coaching......Page 289
3.1 Background of the study......Page 292
3.2 Juxtaposing feminine discourse and counseling discourse:Examples from the data......Page 294
4. Re-appraisal of feminine discourse?......Page 301
References......Page 303
Transcription conventions......Page 307
Appendix......Page 308
Index......Page 310