The idea of English in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : ideology and the evolution of a global language / / Philip Seargeant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453621403321
• Autore: Seargeant Philip
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2009
• ISBN: 9786612465932; 1-84769-203-6; 1-282-46593-7; 1-84769-691-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 188 p. ) : ill
• Collana: Critical language and literacy studies ; ; 3
• Disciplina: 428.007/052
• Soggetti: English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers; English philology - Study and teaching - Japan; Second language acquisition; English language - Japan; English language - Globalization; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Concept of English as a Global Language -- 3. Language Ideology and Global English -- 4. English in Japan: The Current Shape of the Debate -- 5. Globalization: ‘Enriching Japanese Culture Through Contact with Other Cultures’ -- 6. Authenticity: ‘More English than England Itself’ -- 7. Aspiration: ‘Enhancing Lifestyles and Living Out Dreams’ -- 8. The Unknown Language -- 9. Rival Ideologies in Applied Linguistics -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies – drawn in part from universal discourses; in part from context-specific trends in social history – inform the relationships that people in Japan have towards the language. The book analyses the ; specific nature of the language’s symbolic meaning in Japan, and how this meaning is expressed and negotiated in society. It also discusses how the ideologies of English that exist in Japan might have implications for the more general concept of ‘English as a global language’. To this end it considers the question of what constitutes a ‘global’ language, and how, if at all, a balance can be struck between the universal and the historically-contingent when it comes to formulating a theory of English within the world.

Rainforest birds [[electronic resource] ] : a land manager's guide to breeding bird habitat in young conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest / / by Bob Altman and Joan Hagar ; prepared in cooperation with American Bird Conservancy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698076303321
• Autore: Altman Bob
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 60 pages : digital, PDF file
• Collana: Scientific investigations report ; ; 2006-5304
• Altri autori (Persone): HagarJoan
• Soggetti: Forest birds - Habitat - Northwest, Pacific; Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from PDF title screen (viewed May 20, 2009).; "American Bird Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-41).

Bananas, beaches and bases : making feminist sense of international politics / / Cynthia Enloe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791034203321
• Autore: Enloe Cynthia H. <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 9780520957282 (electronic book); 0-520-95728-8
• Edizione: [Second edition, completely revised and updated.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (491 p.)
• Classificazione: MS 3150
• Disciplina: 320.082
• Soggetti: Women - Political activity; International relations; Feminist theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter one. Gender Makes the World Go Round -- Chapter two. Lady Travelers, Beauty Queens, Stewardesses, and Chambermaids -- Chapter three. Nationalism and Masculinity -- Chapter four. Base Women -- Chapter five. Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Wives -- Chapter six. Going Bananas! -- Chapter seven. Women's Labor is Never Cheap -- Chapter eight. Scrubbing the Globalized Tub -- Chapter nine. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this brand new radical analysis of globalization, Cynthia Enloe examines recent events-Bangladeshi garment factory deaths, domestic workers in the Persian Gulf, Chinese global tourists, and the UN gender politics of guns-to reveal the crucial role of women in international politics today. With all new and updated chapters, Enloe describes how many women's seemingly personal strategies-in their marriages, in their housework, in their coping with ideals of beauty-are, in reality, the stuff of global politics. Enloe offers a feminist gender analysis of the global politics of both masculinities and femininities, dismantles an apparently overwhelming world system, and reveals that system to be ; much more fragile and open to change than we think.