03343nam 2200709Ia 450 991095910060332120200520144314.09789956715305995671530197899566160849956616087(CKB)2520000000009902(EBL)1135035(OCoLC)830166264(SSID)ssj0000484588(PQKBManifestationID)11307119(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484588(PQKBWorkID)10594796(PQKB)11675741(OCoLC)779172953(MdBmJHUP)muse21853(Au-PeEL)EBL1135035(CaPaEBR)ebr10365022(CaONFJC)MIL663283(PPN)18734440X(FR-PaCSA)88825211(MiAaPQ)EBC1135035(Perlego)541606(FRCYB88825211)88825211(EXLCZ)99252000000000990220091223d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGender, discourse and power in the Cameroonian parliament /Lilian Lem Atanga1st ed.Mankon, Bamenda Langaa Research & Pub.c20101 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781322320014 1322320012 9789956615469 9956615463 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Transcription Conventions and Abbreviations; Figures; Tables; Chapter One - Introduction and Background; Chapter Two - Approaches to Gender, Power and Discourse Analysis; Chapter Three - Gender Differences in Parliamentary Talk; Chapter Four - 'Traditional' Gendered Discourses Articulated in the Cameroonian Parliament; Chapter Five - Legitimating 'A Model Traditional Cameroonian Woman'; Chapter Six - Modern 'Progressive' Gendered Discourses in the Cameroonian ParliamentChapter Seven - Discursive Strategies in Legitimating 'Positive Action for Women'Chapter Eight - Summary, Recommendations and Conclusion; References; Appendices; Back coverThis book investigates gender and power relations in the Cameroonian parliament using a critical discourse analytical approach, which focuses on social issues and seeks to expose unequal relations within institutions. The study identifies different gendered discourses within the speeches of Members of Parliament and government ministers. Consciously or unconsciously, these participants within parliamentary debates draw on topics that construct women and men in specific ways, sometimes sustaining gender stereotypes or challenging existing conditions. The way men and women are constructed usingSex rolePolitical aspectsCameroonGender mainstreamingCameroonSex rolePolitical aspectsGender mainstreaming320.96711Atanga Lilian Lem1617005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959100603321Gender, discourse and power in the Cameroonian parliament4338917UNINA