Translation and Gender: Discourse Strategies to Shape Gender

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Assis Rosa ◽  
Carmen Camus Camus ◽  
Margherita Dore ◽  
Javier Franco Aixelá ◽  
Angeles García Calderón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discourse ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
And Gender

GENDER STUDIES. THEORY, SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS, PRACTICE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-177
Author(s):  
Marina Yu. Milovanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Studies ◽  
Gender Discourse ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Scientific Schools ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
New Research ◽  
Scientific Ideas ◽  
Practical Conference

The article analyzes results of the international scientific and practical conference “Gender Studies. Theory, Scientific schools, Practice” (Moscow, March 4–5, 2021). The geography of the representation of the conference participants showed the relevance of the stated topic in Russian and foreign humanities, and the range of researchers in the humanities – sociologists, historians, cultural scientists, political scientists, psychologists, anthropologists – expressed multi-disciplinarity in the study of gender issues. It presents an analysis of current trends in the gender relations and gender discourse in the political, social, economic and cultural spheres in the context of the formation of a new gender order. Moreover it accumulates the scientific ideas, approaches and new research technologies and adduces the practice of implementing their results. The conference was timed to coincide with the 110th anniversary of the celebration of International Women’s Day–March 8 as a day of solidarity of women in the struggle for their rights.

scholarly journals Hate Speech in Online Polylogues

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Manana Rusieshvili-Cartledge ◽  
Rusudan Dolidze
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
And Gender

This research is the first attempt in Georgia to analyse hate speech emerging in Computer-Meditated Communication. Particular attention is paid to the polylogal, asynchronic remarks made by members of the public reacting to online newspaper articles or press releases concerning the LGPT pride event planned for 18 - 23 June 2019, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The methodology is based on combining methods utilized in CDA and Genre Approach to (im)politeness which is in accord with the general approach to CMDA . At the first stage of the analysis, the examples of hate-speech acts were analysed according to the following criteria: identification of linguistic means and strategies employed while expressing impoliteness and specificity of identity construction (self-asserted versus others -asserted, positive versus negative, roles of participants and strategies of conflict generation or management). Next, linguistic peculiarities of hate speech (for instance, linguistic triggers [threats, insults, sarcasm incitements], wordplay, taboo, swear and derogatory words, metaphors, allusions and similes) were identified and analysed. Quantitative methodology was employed while stating the number of proponents and opponents of the event as well as statistical data referring to the number of linguistic and politeness strategies employed while expressing an opinion. This research shows particular tendencies of how impoliteness can be realised and how social identities can be construed using the example of hate discourse concerning LGBT pride in Georgia. However, to fully explore the genre properties of hate discourse in Georgia further research based on examples of hate-discourse strategies applied when discussing ethnic minorities and gender roles, is needed.

Gender discourse in the social studies curriculum: an international literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Molly D. Siebert
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Social Studies Curriculum ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore research on the inclusion of women and discourses on gender in the social studies curriculum, with the goal of promoting gender equality.Design/methodology/approachTo gauge how issues on gender are being taken up in classrooms around the world, the process started by exploring Compare, Comparative Education, Comparative Education Review and International Journal of Educational Development. Initially, studies related to the social studies curriculum were examined. The research then expanded beyond the social sciences and these journals. The next level of research used a mixture of the key search terms “inclusion,” “gender discourse,” “women,” “gender equality” and “curriculum.” Studies conducted around the world were examined to broaden the understanding of global research on women and gender discourses in the curriculum.FindingsAlthough progress is evident, reform measures are necessary to ameliorate the inclusion of women and gender discourses in the curriculum. Implementing these strategies in social studies education may be effective steps to achieve gender equality: (1) consistently encourage students to critique power structures and systems of oppression; (2) include the exploration of gender fluidity, masculinity and the fluidity of masculinity in the curriculum; (3) examine intersectional identities such as race, gender and sexuality; and (4) utilize teacher education programs and professional development as key sites to help educators improve the amount of and approach to gender discourse in the classroom.Originality/valueAfter reviewing these studies, the combined findings offer potential steps to achieve gender equality.

Cyber-communic@tion etiquette

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-106
Author(s):  
Abbas Mehrabi Boshrabadi ◽  
Sepideh Bataghva Sarabi
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Email Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Opening And Closing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reduced Forms

Purpose Research has shown that the discursive patterns students use in their email interactions with their teachers are not linguistically and socio-culturally appropriate. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to try to explore how socio-cultural conventions influence the Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ choices of discourse strategies in their email communications within an academic context. The study, then, investigates the impact of social distance and gender on the stylistic features of students’ email texts. Design/methodology/approach The email texts written by 180 university students majoring in Applied Linguistics were systematically analyzed based on such patterns as opening and closing moves, reduced forms, text connectives, symbolization and emoticons. Alternatively, three semi-structured interviews were conducted to gauge the participants’ motives underlying the selection of particular discourse features. Findings The findings revealed that students, despite many statements to the contrary, were aware of the socio-cultural conventions governing email writing style and could write status-appropriate email messages, which rightly reflected the etiquette of email communication within an academic context. Practical implications The findings may offer certain benefits to EFL teachers and students. Originality/value The paper highlights understanding of a specific social group in relation to their interaction with different status social groups in the context of a specific communication technology and to some extent the perceived effectiveness of such approaches by those invoking them.

Complimenting and involvement in peer reviews: Gender variation

1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Johnson ◽  
Duane H. Roen
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
Gender Discourse ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Sex Communication ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
Sense Of Involvement ◽  
Opening And Closing

ABSTRACTThis article presents an analysis of gender differences in the use of compliments in one genre of written discourse. The data base is a set of 47 peer reviews of academic papers written by graduate students in the form of letters. Drawing on work from several theoretical perspectives, we analyzed the forms, strategies, and discourse functions of compliments in these papers. We found that women made significantly greater use of compliment intensifiers and personal referencing than did men. In using compliments to structure discourse, women more often framed the text with both opening and closing compliments. Consistent patterns suggested that women writers accommodated to the gender of their addressee more than did men, resulting in a discernible female-female complimenting style. The study illustrates specific ways that gender is involved in being polite and in creating and sustaining a sense of involvement in written discourse. (Complimenting, politeness, sociolinguistics, gender, discourse strategies, cross-sex communication, English)

scholarly journals Christian University Students’ Attitudes to Gender: Constructing Everyday Theologies in a Post-Feminist Climate

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Aune ◽  
Mathew Guest
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Gender Discourse ◽  
Christian Students ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Individualized Approach ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Similarity And Difference

This article explores how religion shapes approaches to gender amongst university students in the United Kingdom, focusing on how attitudes about gender interact with their Christian identities. Drawing from 68 semi-structured interviews conducted at five universities, the article identifies three main approaches Christian students adopt when asked how faith affects their views on gender: the individualized approach, the egalitarian approach and the conservative approach. The article outlines the permutations of these approaches, showing their points of similarity and difference, and argues that feminism, biological essentialism and notions of reasonableness or “cultural common sense” feature in all three, being integral to the gender discourse of “post-feminist” UK society. The article argues that religion functions as a resource in Christian students’ gender attitudes, alongside other resources such as friends or family, and is deployed to justify both egalitarianism and gender conservatism. Christian students are constructing “everyday theologies” that integrate religious resources with other social resources, generating divergent egalitarian and conservative interpretations, mirroring patterns in “post-feminist” UK society more generally.

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