Language Learning, Gender and Desire : : Japanese Women on the Move / / Kimie Takahashi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Takahashi, Kimie,
• MitwirkendeR: Kubota, Ryuko,; Morgan, Brian,; Pennycook, Alastair,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Transcription Conventions --; Series Editors’ Preface --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Language Desire --; 3. Ryugaku --; 4. Desired Interlocutors --; 5. Agency --; 6. Going Home --; 7. Conclusion --; Appendix: Description of Secondary Participants --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847698551; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781847698551
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kimie Takahashi.

For many Japanese women, the English language has never been just another school subject. For them, English is the tool of identity transformation and the means of obtaining what they passionately desire – mobility, the West and its masculinity. Language Learning, Gender and Desire explores Japanese women's passion for learning English and how they negotiate identity and desire in the terrain of racial, sexual and linguistic politics. Drawing on ethnographic data and popular media texts, the book offers new insights into the multidirectionality of desire and power in the context of second language learning.