Womansword
Subtitle: what Japanese words say about women
By: Kittredge Cherry
Edition: 30th anniversary edition, First Stone Bridge Press edition.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781611720297
Subjects: Japanese language; Language; Sexism; Sex differences; Feminism; Women
Other titles: Woman's word
Description: Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, and historical insight into issues central to the lives of women everywhere: identity, girlhood, marriage, motherhood, work, sexuality, and aging. A new introduction shows how things have—and haven't—changed.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Originally published: Tokyo : Kodansha International Ltd., 1987.