1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458612003321

Titolo

Englishization in Asia [[electronic resource] ] : language and cultural issues / / edited by Kwok-kan Tam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Open Univ. of Hong Kong Press, 2009

ISBN

962-7707-78-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TamKwok-kan

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - Asia

English language - Asia

Language and culture - Asia

Electronic books.

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

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Englishization in Asia Language and cultural issues""; ""1 English and glocal identities on Web 2.0: The case of Flickr.com""; ""2 Hybridity in language and identity: Englishization in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia""; ""3 Englishization as an aspect of building Singapore identity""; ""4 Englishization of higher education in Asia: A sociological enquiry""; ""5 Englishization through World English as a cultural commodity: Literacy practices in global Malaysian higher education""

""6 Linguistic, cultural and identity issues in Englishization of Putonghua""""7 Which way of life? Chinese college students perceptions and values in China's Englishization""; ""8 Englishization or sinicization? English in the Hong Kong cultural scene""; ""9 Englishization in Japanese popular culture: Representation of ethnicity""; ""10 Englishization with an attitude: Cantonese-English lyrics in Hong Kong""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996200194503316

Titolo

Gender justice, citizenship and development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Navsharan Singh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women

Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, 2007

ISBN

9786610850167

1-280-85016-7

1-55250-339-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MukhopadhyayMaitrayee

SinghNavsharan

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Women's rights

Women's rights - Developing countries

Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries

Sex discrimination in justice administration - Developing countries

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 (p. [315]-354).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; 1. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development: An Introduction; 2. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Entitlements: Core Concepts, Central Debates and New Directions for Research; 3. Refiguring Citizenship: Research Perspectives on Gender Justice in the Latin American and Caribbean Region; 4. Challenging the Liberal Subject: Law and Gender Justice in South Asia; 5. Addressing Formal and Substantive Citizenship: Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa; 6. Unequal Citizenship: Issues of Gender Justice in the Middle East and North Africa

7. Situating Gender and Citizenship in Development Debates: Towards a Strategy 8. Select Bibliography; 9. Notes on Contributors