LEADER 02840nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910808342303321 005 20240313180130.0 010 $a1-299-28374-8 010 $a90-272-7230-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000100027 035 $a(EBL)1144137 035 $a(OCoLC)830160732 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833275 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11512047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833275 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10935558 035 $a(PQKB)10304690 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144137 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10672549 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459624 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000100027 100 $a20121107d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa $etradition, struggle and change /$fedited by Lilian Atanga ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 1 $aImpact, studies in language and society,$x1385-7908 ;$vv. 33 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-1874-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Gender and linguistic description -- pt. 2. Public settings and gendered language use -- pt. 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities -- pt. 4. Gendered struggles and change -- pt. 5. Epilogue. 330 $aMuch research on gender-based violence, especially sexual assault, indicate that women are often blamed for their predicament (Ehrlich 2002; Clark 1998). Prominent among the reasons given is 'indecent dressing' - which lures 'innocent' men to commit such crimes. Context therefore plays a major role in who is blamed. To contribute to this discussion, I discuss the role of context in apportioning blame in the two cases of sexual assault on a Ghanaian female artiste (Mzbel). This is done through the analysis of linguistic data from media reports, readers and Mzbel herself. The analysis shows that 410 0$aImpact, studies in language and society ;$vv. 33. 606 $aLanguage and sex$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aSexism in language$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aSex role$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aGender identity$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xLanguages 615 0$aLanguage and sex 615 0$aSexism in language 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aGender identity 676 $a306.44081/0967 701 $aAtanga$b Lilian Lem$01617005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808342303321 996 $aGender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa$94028539 997 $aUNINA