The discursive construction of femininities in the accounts of Japanese women

Discourse Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 699-714

  Charlebois, Justin ^a  

^a AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

critical discursive psychology; gender; gender equality; interpretative repertoire; mother as main parent; subject position; troubled subject position; women as natural caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649962837     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445610381859     Document Type: Article

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