479008227 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code Impact 33 Hb 15 9789027218742 06 10.1075/impact.33 13 2012043063 00 BB 01 245 mm 02 164 mm 08 760 gr 10 01 JB code Impact 02 1385-7908 02 33.00 01 02 IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 01 01 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa Tradition, struggle and change Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, struggle and change 1 B01 01 JB code 265115560 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/265115560 2 B01 01 JB code 33115561 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/33115561 3 B01 01 JB code 710115562 Lia Litosseliti Litosseliti, Lia Lia Litosseliti City University London 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/710115562 4 B01 01 JB code 872115563 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland University of Lancaster 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/872115563 01 eng 11 343 03 03 xi 03 00 331 03 01 23 306.44081/0967 03 2013 P120.S48 04 Language and sex--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Sexism in language--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Gender identity--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 10 LAN009000 12 CFB 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.SOCIO Sociolinguistics and Dialectology 01 06 02 00 Looks at some 'traditional' uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves. This title also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. 03 00 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, Struggle and Change is the first book to bring together the topics of language and gender, African languages, and gender in African contexts, and it does so in a descriptive, explanatory and critical way. Including fascinating new work and new, often challenging data from Botswana, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, this collection looks at some ‘traditional’ uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves; it also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. The contributions to this volume are accessibly written and will be of interest to students and established academics working on African sociolinguistics and discourse, as well as those whose interest is language, gender and sexuality. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/impact.33.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027218742.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027218742.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/impact.33.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/impact.33.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 JB code impact.33.00ack 06 10.1075/impact.33.00ack xi xi 1 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.01ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.01ata 1 26 26 Article 2 01 04 Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa 01 04 A valid epistemology? A valid epistemology? 1 A01 01 JB code 978184954 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/978184954 2 A01 01 JB code 202184955 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/202184955 3 A01 01 JB code 297184956 Lia Litosseliti Litosseliti, Lia Lia Litosseliti 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/297184956 4 A01 01 JB code 520184957 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/520184957 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.02p1 06 10.1075/impact.33.02p1 Section header 3 01 04 Part 1. Gender and linguistic description Part 1. Gender and linguistic description 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.03waw 06 10.1075/impact.33.03waw 29 52 24 Article 4 01 04 Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya 1 A01 01 JB code 907184958 Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Kitetu, Catherine Wawasi Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/907184958 2 A01 01 JB code 242184959 Angelina Nduku Kioko Kioko, Angelina Nduku Angelina Nduku Kioko United States International University, Nariobi, Kenya 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/242184959 01 eng 30 00

This chapter examines how, in the discourse of iweto marriage (where a childless hetero-sexual woman among the Kamba of Kenya marries another childbearing one), gendered subject positions are constructed, and how issues of power are played out. The study explores the roles and identities created via naming terms; the correlation between language use and how individuals construct their identities and accommodate (or resist) societal roles; and the social relations and identities that are thus constructed. Data on naming conventions was obtained through interviews of women who are in an iweto marriage or their close relatives. The findings show that language plays a central role in the mapping of gendered subject positions, that is, roles and identities which are reflected and constructed, sustained and resisted in the naming conventions of the iweto marriage.

01 01 JB code impact.33.04bag 06 10.1075/impact.33.04bag 53 78 26 Article 5 01 04 Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana 1 A01 01 JB code 7184960 Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/7184960 2 A01 01 JB code 338184961 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/338184961 01 eng 30 00

Using data from a Setswana corpus built by Thapelo Otlogetswe, this study examines different uses and meanings of Setswana terms for women and men, boys and girls. Many terms express both gender and age. The study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to show how sexism is inflected with age in an African language, an important contribution in the context of societies where age and sex interact to create hierarchies in the family and society. The chapter concludes that besides their denotative meanings, Setswana sex and age terms have fluid connotative meanings which are closely related to cultural considerations.

01 01 JB code impact.33.05pea 06 10.1075/impact.33.05pea 79 93 15 Article 6 01 04 Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) 1 A01 01 JB code 612184962 Mary Pearce Pearce, Mary Mary Pearce 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/612184962 01 eng 30 00

In languages where dialects differ according to gender, claims have been made that women are more conservative than men in rural settings and more innovative in urban settings. Both effects are seen in the tonal dialects of Kera (a Chadic language). I present data from perception experiments and production measurements on the voicing and tonal contrasts in rural and urban Kera dialects in Chad. The driving factor for change is probably contact with French. This chapter focuses on the fact that village women are the most reluctant to change, whereas town-women are abandoning tone more than town-men. I conclude that Kera provides a unique opportunity for observing the differing roles and behaviour of women in rural and urban settings and the effects on their language use.

01 01 JB code impact.33.06p2 06 10.1075/impact.33.06p2 Section header 7 01 04 Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.07let 06 10.1075/impact.33.07let 97 116 20 Article 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone 1 A01 01 JB code 824184963 Rose Letsholo Letsholo, Rose Rose Letsholo 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/824184963 01 eng 30 00

This chapter investigates the interaction of pupils in a pre-school in Gaborone, Botswana with the aim of determining whether pre-schools in Botswana develop, enhance, reinforce or challenge gender stereotypes. The data were collected through participant observation and the analysis follows a close reading of classroom transcripts to show how social power, dominance and inequality are played out in the preschool classroom and playground. The study found that boys tend to dominate classroom interactions through games and by using louder voices to attract the teacher’s attention. Both the boys and the girls tend to reinforce gender stereotypes through the games that they play. The study also found that although the teacher tried to use techniques that encourage equal participation by both sexes, she was not successful because she still allocated stereotypical roles to the children: a boy played a doctor and a girl a child-minder.

01 01 JB code impact.33.08mus 06 10.1075/impact.33.08mus 117 128 12 Article 9 01 04 Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace 1 A01 01 JB code 228184964 Abolaji S. Mustapha Mustapha, Abolaji S. Abolaji S. Mustapha 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/228184964 01 eng 30 00

This chapter analyzes address forms used for married and unmarried women among academic and non-academic members of a team of university staff in a Nigerian workplace. It examines how identities are constructed for women in relation to ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ occupational status, and, in particular, how they are categorized or positioned in formal settings. Findings indicate a measure of gender equality in the patterns of address forms used for women, although the traditional categorizing of women on the basis of marital status remains. The traditional use of Mrs is widespread, with some subtle resistance by younger, highly educated women professionals. The study underscores the importance of cultural specificity, as well as possibility of (some) sociolinguistic universals in relation to language use and gender.

01 01 JB code impact.33.09p3 06 10.1075/impact.33.09p3 Section header 10 01 04 Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.10mil 06 10.1075/impact.33.10mil 131 148 18 Article 11 01 04 Chapter 6. A new South African man? Chapter 6. A new South African man? 01 04 Beer, masculinity and social change Beer, masculinity and social change 1 A01 01 JB code 595184965 Tommaso M. Milani Milani, Tommaso M. Tommaso M. Milani University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/595184965 2 A01 01 JB code 677184966 Mooniq Shaikjee Shaikjee, Mooniq Mooniq Shaikjee University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/677184966 01 eng 30 00

In recent years, the ‘New Man’ has gained considerable momentum as a model of masculinity in South African advertising. It is with a view to better understanding what this cultural idea of the ‘New Man’ looks like that we analyse a television advertisement for a popular South African beer, Carling Black Label. Drawing upon critical multimodal discourse analysis, we show how the “new” man is not about masculinity alone, but is a multilayered discursive construction in which gender criss-crosses with social class, (hetero)sexuality, race and age. We also argue that the development of the “new” man is nothing but another manifestation of the ways in which modern power operates in a context of socio-economic change.

01 01 JB code impact.33.11ell 06 10.1075/impact.33.11ell 149 176 28 Article 12 01 04 Chapter 7. The `Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs Chapter 7. The ‘Tinto’ image in contemporary Tswana songs 01 04 Masculinities in crisis? Masculinities in crisis? 1 A01 01 JB code 125184967 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/125184967 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I explore how men are constructed in Botswana contemporary music. I use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and, at the analytical level, employ Halliday’s (1985) idea of a clause as representation and examine how characters in the songs are represented in terms of whether they are agents or goals of material processes. Six songs were selected for the study. The findings show that masculinities are multiply positioned in the songs, through a choice of clauses in which they are cast as actors in material actions that are anti-social and criminal, in negative behavioural processes and negative processes of being. While some men are proffered powerful subject positions, other men are represented as victims of other dominant masculinities, and still others are represented appreciatively as non-violent and caring. Men are therefore constructed in multiple, contradictory ways, underscoring the idea that no social meanings are ever fixed forever.

01 01 JB code impact.33.12nhl 06 10.1075/impact.33.12nhl 177 202 26 Article 13 01 04 Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana 1 A01 01 JB code 290184968 Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana Nhlekisana, Rosaleen O.B. Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/290184968 01 eng 30 00

In recent years Botswana has seen tremendous growth in the popular music industry. Many of the songs that have recently been released represent critical commentary on contemporary Setswana society; they arguably construct, as well as reflect, the realities of urbanization, globalization and social change. In this chapter on the topic of popular music in Botswana I seek to answer the following research questions: How is gender represented linguistically in a selection of recent popular music in Botswana? How is such representation realised linguistically? I argue that the Setswana language is a key medium, spoken and written, through which Batswana transmit cultural values, and, as such, through it, gender identities are constructed, sustained and contested. The chapter concludes that these songs reflect the changing nature of Botswana society.

01 01 JB code impact.33.13p4 06 10.1075/impact.33.13p4 Section header 14 01 04 Part 4. Gendered struggles and change Part 4. Gendered struggles and change 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.14han 06 10.1075/impact.33.14han 205 215 11 Article 15 01 04 Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho 01 04 A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims 1 A01 01 JB code 852184969 Puleng Hanong Thetela Thetela, Puleng Hanong Puleng Hanong Thetela 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/852184969 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I examine how the linguistic realization of sex discourses in Southern Sotho draw upon cultural sociolinguistic resources of hlonipha (respect) to reproduce traditional gendered identities. Using a sample of interviews of female rape victims by male police officers, I show that women’s access to sex discourses is constrained by the hlonipha culture to which to they are expected to adhere. However, when they raped, and report to the authorities, they enter into a completely foreign discourse environment. This conflict between cultural expectations of women’s traditional discourse (which requires avoidance of explicit sexual terms), on the one hand, and that of the legal system (i.e. explicitness for the sake of clarity and precision of evidence) on the other, is a phenomenon which constitutes linguistic and socio-cultural constraints that contribute to Basotho women’s failure to help bring about the conviction of rapists.

01 01 JB code impact.33.15dak 06 10.1075/impact.33.15dak 217 231 15 Article 16 01 04 Chapter 10. Student Pidgin Chapter 10. Student Pidgin 01 04 A masculine code encroached on by young women A masculine code encroached on by young women 1 A01 01 JB code 715184970 Kari Dako Dako, Kari Kari Dako 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/715184970 01 eng 30 00

The chapter describes Student Pidgin (SP), a relatively recent youth language in Ghana that we can trace from the late 1960 / early 1970. Pidgin has always been a male language in Ghana and can be traced to itinerant migrant labourers who brought pidgin from Liberia and Nigeria. Pidgin was also associated with prostitutes from the riverin/Niger delta areas of Nigeria. When the first survey of Student Pidgin (SP) was undertaken (Tawiah 1998), only four out of 50 female students admitted speaking the language and they had all learnt it from their brothers. Today I estimate that close to 50 percent of female students admit to speaking SP. The chapter investigates why some young women speak SP and why others do not. I argue that some young women speak the code in part to create identities for themselves as SP speakers.

01 01 JB code impact.33.16rud 06 10.1075/impact.33.16rud 233 251 19 Article 17 01 04 Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 995184971 Stephanie Rudwick Rudwick, Stephanie Stephanie Rudwick 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/995184971 01 eng 30 00

This paper addresses how young Zulu women choose two different isiZulu varieties, isiTsotsi and isiHlonipho, in order to construct ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ femininities in South Africa. Based on semi-ethnographic data gathered over a period of six years (2004–2010), the paper explores how isiZulu-speaking females make use of the two linguistic varieties and what significance and implications these choices have in terms of gender dynamics. It is argued that speaking isiTsotsi signals linguistically that ‘traditional’ Zulu femininity is rejected while making use of an isiHlonipho lexicon endorses this very femininity. The research also highlights the context-dependent nature of linguistic gender constructions and contributes to the study of African femininities.

01 01 JB code impact.33.17msi 06 10.1075/impact.33.17msi 253 274 22 Article 18 01 04 Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 160184972 Thabo Msibi Msibi, Thabo Thabo Msibi 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/160184972 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I show how language can be used both to objectify those who engage in same-sex relations and to subvert homophobia and heterosexism. The chapter reflects a life history study of eight men who engage in same-sex relations, based on a series of interviews with each man. The study found that language was a key site of struggle, serving both as a mechanism for the regulation of individuals and as a vehicle for strategic ‘resist-stance’. Resist-stance was through the employment of isiNgqumo – a language predominantly spoken by Black ‘gay’ men in South Africa (Rudwick and Ntuli 2008). However, such resist-stance had its own limitations, as the language was associated with certain Communities of Practice, and was not spoken by all the men interviewed. The chapter calls for more sociolinguistic work in this area.

01 01 JB code impact.33.18dia 06 10.1075/impact.33.18dia 275 298 24 Article 19 01 04 Chapter 13. "I cannot be blamed for my own assault" Chapter 13. “I cannot be blamed for my own assault” 01 04 Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel's sexual assaults Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel’s sexual assaults 1 A01 01 JB code 447184973 Grace Diabah Diabah, Grace Grace Diabah 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/447184973 01 eng 30 00

Much 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 people view these cases differently depending on their personal ideologies and the context within which they operate. Whereas most of the text producers draw on the socio-cultural context to either directly or indirectly ‘justify’ the actions of the perpetrators, others draw on the legal to condemn the crimes.

01 01 JB code impact.33.19p5 06 10.1075/impact.33.19p5 Section header 20 01 04 Part 5. Epilogue Part 5. Epilogue 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.20ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.20ata 301 314 14 Article 21 01 04 African feminism? African feminism? 1 A01 01 JB code 868184974 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/868184974 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.21bib 06 10.1075/impact.33.21bib 315 323 9 Miscellaneous 22 01 04 Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts 01 04 Bibliography Bibliography 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.22con 06 10.1075/impact.33.22con 325 325 1 Miscellaneous 23 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.23ind 06 10.1075/impact.33.23ind 327 331 5 Miscellaneous 24 01 04 Index Index 01 eng
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This title also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. 03 00 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, Struggle and Change is the first book to bring together the topics of language and gender, African languages, and gender in African contexts, and it does so in a descriptive, explanatory and critical way. Including fascinating new work and new, often challenging data from Botswana, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, this collection looks at some ‘traditional’ uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves; it also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. The contributions to this volume are accessibly written and will be of interest to students and established academics working on African sociolinguistics and discourse, as well as those whose interest is language, gender and sexuality. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/impact.33.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027218742.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027218742.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/impact.33.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/impact.33.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 JB code impact.33.00ack 06 10.1075/impact.33.00ack xi xi 1 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 01 JB code impact.33.01ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.01ata 1 26 26 Article 2 01 04 Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa 01 04 A valid epistemology? A valid epistemology? 1 A01 01 JB code 978184954 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon 2 A01 01 JB code 202184955 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana 3 A01 01 JB code 297184956 Lia Litosseliti Litosseliti, Lia Lia Litosseliti 4 A01 01 JB code 520184957 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 01 01 JB code impact.33.02p1 06 10.1075/impact.33.02p1 Section header 3 01 04 Part 1. Gender and linguistic description Part 1. Gender and linguistic description 01 01 JB code impact.33.03waw 06 10.1075/impact.33.03waw 29 52 24 Article 4 01 04 Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya 1 A01 01 JB code 907184958 Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Kitetu, Catherine Wawasi Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya 2 A01 01 JB code 242184959 Angelina Nduku Kioko Kioko, Angelina Nduku Angelina Nduku Kioko United States International University, Nariobi, Kenya 01 01 JB code impact.33.04bag 06 10.1075/impact.33.04bag 53 78 26 Article 5 01 04 Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana 1 A01 01 JB code 7184960 Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi University of Botswana 2 A01 01 JB code 338184961 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 01 01 JB code impact.33.05pea 06 10.1075/impact.33.05pea 79 93 15 Article 6 01 04 Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) 1 A01 01 JB code 612184962 Mary Pearce Pearce, Mary Mary Pearce 01 01 JB code impact.33.06p2 06 10.1075/impact.33.06p2 Section header 7 01 04 Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use 01 01 JB code impact.33.07let 06 10.1075/impact.33.07let 97 116 20 Article 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone 1 A01 01 JB code 824184963 Rose Letsholo Letsholo, Rose Rose Letsholo 01 01 JB code impact.33.08mus 06 10.1075/impact.33.08mus 117 128 12 Article 9 01 04 Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace 1 A01 01 JB code 228184964 Abolaji S. Mustapha Mustapha, Abolaji S. Abolaji S. Mustapha 01 01 JB code impact.33.09p3 06 10.1075/impact.33.09p3 Section header 10 01 04 Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities 01 01 JB code impact.33.10mil 06 10.1075/impact.33.10mil 131 148 18 Article 11 01 04 Chapter 6. A new South African man? Chapter 6. A new South African man? 01 04 Beer, masculinity and social change Beer, masculinity and social change 1 A01 01 JB code 595184965 Tommaso M. Milani Milani, Tommaso M. Tommaso M. Milani University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2 A01 01 JB code 677184966 Mooniq Shaikjee Shaikjee, Mooniq Mooniq Shaikjee University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 01 01 JB code impact.33.11ell 06 10.1075/impact.33.11ell 149 176 28 Article 12 01 04 Chapter 7. The `Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs Chapter 7. The ‘Tinto’ image in contemporary Tswana songs 01 04 Masculinities in crisis? Masculinities in crisis? 1 A01 01 JB code 125184967 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece 01 01 JB code impact.33.12nhl 06 10.1075/impact.33.12nhl 177 202 26 Article 13 01 04 Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana 1 A01 01 JB code 290184968 Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana Nhlekisana, Rosaleen O.B. Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana 01 01 JB code impact.33.13p4 06 10.1075/impact.33.13p4 Section header 14 01 04 Part 4. Gendered struggles and change Part 4. Gendered struggles and change 01 01 JB code impact.33.14han 06 10.1075/impact.33.14han 205 215 11 Article 15 01 04 Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho 01 04 A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims 1 A01 01 JB code 852184969 Puleng Hanong Thetela Thetela, Puleng Hanong Puleng Hanong Thetela 01 01 JB code impact.33.15dak 06 10.1075/impact.33.15dak 217 231 15 Article 16 01 04 Chapter 10. Student Pidgin Chapter 10. Student Pidgin 01 04 A masculine code encroached on by young women A masculine code encroached on by young women 1 A01 01 JB code 715184970 Kari Dako Dako, Kari Kari Dako 01 01 JB code impact.33.16rud 06 10.1075/impact.33.16rud 233 251 19 Article 17 01 04 Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 995184971 Stephanie Rudwick Rudwick, Stephanie Stephanie Rudwick 01 01 JB code impact.33.17msi 06 10.1075/impact.33.17msi 253 274 22 Article 18 01 04 Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 160184972 Thabo Msibi Msibi, Thabo Thabo Msibi 01 01 JB code impact.33.18dia 06 10.1075/impact.33.18dia 275 298 24 Article 19 01 04 Chapter 13. "I cannot be blamed for my own assault" Chapter 13. “I cannot be blamed for my own assault” 01 04 Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel's sexual assaults Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel’s sexual assaults 1 A01 01 JB code 447184973 Grace Diabah Diabah, Grace Grace Diabah 01 01 JB code impact.33.19p5 06 10.1075/impact.33.19p5 Section header 20 01 04 Part 5. Epilogue Part 5. Epilogue 01 01 JB code impact.33.20ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.20ata 301 314 14 Article 21 01 04 African feminism? African feminism? 1 A01 01 JB code 868184974 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga 01 01 JB code impact.33.21bib 06 10.1075/impact.33.21bib 315 323 9 Miscellaneous 22 01 04 Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts 01 04 Bibliography Bibliography 01 01 JB code impact.33.22con 06 10.1075/impact.33.22con 325 325 1 Miscellaneous 23 01 01 JB code impact.33.23ind 06 10.1075/impact.33.23ind 327 331 5 Miscellaneous 24 01 04 Index Index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20130327 C 2013 John Benjamins Publishing Company D 2013 John Benjamins Publishing Company 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027218742 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 83.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 149.00 USD 887008228 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code Impact 33 Eb 15 9789027272300 06 10.1075/impact.33 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code Impact 02 1385-7908 02 33.00 01 02 IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-all 01 02 Complete backlist (3,208 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Complete backlist (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-impact 01 02 IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society (vols. 1–40, 1997–2015) 05 02 Impact (vols. 1–40, 1997–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-linguistics 01 02 Subject collection: Linguistics (2,773 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Linguistics (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-pragmatics 01 02 Subject collection: Pragmatics (804 titles, 1978–2015) 05 02 Pragmatics (1978–2015) 01 01 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa Tradition, struggle and change Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, struggle and change 1 B01 01 JB code 265115560 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/265115560 2 B01 01 JB code 33115561 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/33115561 3 B01 01 JB code 710115562 Lia Litosseliti Litosseliti, Lia Lia Litosseliti City University London 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/710115562 4 B01 01 JB code 872115563 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland University of Lancaster 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/872115563 01 eng 11 343 03 03 xi 03 00 331 03 01 23 306.44081/0967 03 2013 P120.S48 04 Language and sex--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Sexism in language--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 04 Gender identity--Africa, Sub-Saharan. 10 LAN009000 12 CFB 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.SOCIO Sociolinguistics and Dialectology 01 06 02 00 Looks at some 'traditional' uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves. This title also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. 03 00 Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, Struggle and Change is the first book to bring together the topics of language and gender, African languages, and gender in African contexts, and it does so in a descriptive, explanatory and critical way. Including fascinating new work and new, often challenging data from Botswana, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, this collection looks at some ‘traditional’ uses of language in relation to the gender of its speakers and the gendered nature of the languages themselves; it also identifies and explores social change in terms of both gender and sexuality, as reflected in and constructed by language and discourse. The contributions to this volume are accessibly written and will be of interest to students and established academics working on African sociolinguistics and discourse, as well as those whose interest is language, gender and sexuality. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/impact.33.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027218742.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027218742.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/impact.33.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/impact.33.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/impact.33.hb.png 01 01 JB code impact.33.00ack 06 10.1075/impact.33.00ack xi xi 1 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.01ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.01ata 1 26 26 Article 2 01 04 Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa 01 04 A valid epistemology? A valid epistemology? 1 A01 01 JB code 978184954 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga University of Dschang, Cameroon 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/978184954 2 A01 01 JB code 202184955 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/202184955 3 A01 01 JB code 297184956 Lia Litosseliti Litosseliti, Lia Lia Litosseliti 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/297184956 4 A01 01 JB code 520184957 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/520184957 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.02p1 06 10.1075/impact.33.02p1 Section header 3 01 04 Part 1. Gender and linguistic description Part 1. Gender and linguistic description 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.03waw 06 10.1075/impact.33.03waw 29 52 24 Article 4 01 04 Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya 1 A01 01 JB code 907184958 Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Kitetu, Catherine Wawasi Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/907184958 2 A01 01 JB code 242184959 Angelina Nduku Kioko Kioko, Angelina Nduku Angelina Nduku Kioko United States International University, Nariobi, Kenya 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/242184959 01 eng 30 00

This chapter examines how, in the discourse of iweto marriage (where a childless hetero-sexual woman among the Kamba of Kenya marries another childbearing one), gendered subject positions are constructed, and how issues of power are played out. The study explores the roles and identities created via naming terms; the correlation between language use and how individuals construct their identities and accommodate (or resist) societal roles; and the social relations and identities that are thus constructed. Data on naming conventions was obtained through interviews of women who are in an iweto marriage or their close relatives. The findings show that language plays a central role in the mapping of gendered subject positions, that is, roles and identities which are reflected and constructed, sustained and resisted in the naming conventions of the iweto marriage.

01 01 JB code impact.33.04bag 06 10.1075/impact.33.04bag 53 78 26 Article 5 01 04 Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana 1 A01 01 JB code 7184960 Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi University of Botswana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/7184960 2 A01 01 JB code 338184961 Jane Sunderland Sunderland, Jane Jane Sunderland Lancaster University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/338184961 01 eng 30 00

Using data from a Setswana corpus built by Thapelo Otlogetswe, this study examines different uses and meanings of Setswana terms for women and men, boys and girls. Many terms express both gender and age. The study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to show how sexism is inflected with age in an African language, an important contribution in the context of societies where age and sex interact to create hierarchies in the family and society. The chapter concludes that besides their denotative meanings, Setswana sex and age terms have fluid connotative meanings which are closely related to cultural considerations.

01 01 JB code impact.33.05pea 06 10.1075/impact.33.05pea 79 93 15 Article 6 01 04 Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) 1 A01 01 JB code 612184962 Mary Pearce Pearce, Mary Mary Pearce 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/612184962 01 eng 30 00

In languages where dialects differ according to gender, claims have been made that women are more conservative than men in rural settings and more innovative in urban settings. Both effects are seen in the tonal dialects of Kera (a Chadic language). I present data from perception experiments and production measurements on the voicing and tonal contrasts in rural and urban Kera dialects in Chad. The driving factor for change is probably contact with French. This chapter focuses on the fact that village women are the most reluctant to change, whereas town-women are abandoning tone more than town-men. I conclude that Kera provides a unique opportunity for observing the differing roles and behaviour of women in rural and urban settings and the effects on their language use.

01 01 JB code impact.33.06p2 06 10.1075/impact.33.06p2 Section header 7 01 04 Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.07let 06 10.1075/impact.33.07let 97 116 20 Article 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone 1 A01 01 JB code 824184963 Rose Letsholo Letsholo, Rose Rose Letsholo 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/824184963 01 eng 30 00

This chapter investigates the interaction of pupils in a pre-school in Gaborone, Botswana with the aim of determining whether pre-schools in Botswana develop, enhance, reinforce or challenge gender stereotypes. The data were collected through participant observation and the analysis follows a close reading of classroom transcripts to show how social power, dominance and inequality are played out in the preschool classroom and playground. The study found that boys tend to dominate classroom interactions through games and by using louder voices to attract the teacher’s attention. Both the boys and the girls tend to reinforce gender stereotypes through the games that they play. The study also found that although the teacher tried to use techniques that encourage equal participation by both sexes, she was not successful because she still allocated stereotypical roles to the children: a boy played a doctor and a girl a child-minder.

01 01 JB code impact.33.08mus 06 10.1075/impact.33.08mus 117 128 12 Article 9 01 04 Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace 1 A01 01 JB code 228184964 Abolaji S. Mustapha Mustapha, Abolaji S. Abolaji S. Mustapha 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/228184964 01 eng 30 00

This chapter analyzes address forms used for married and unmarried women among academic and non-academic members of a team of university staff in a Nigerian workplace. It examines how identities are constructed for women in relation to ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ occupational status, and, in particular, how they are categorized or positioned in formal settings. Findings indicate a measure of gender equality in the patterns of address forms used for women, although the traditional categorizing of women on the basis of marital status remains. The traditional use of Mrs is widespread, with some subtle resistance by younger, highly educated women professionals. The study underscores the importance of cultural specificity, as well as possibility of (some) sociolinguistic universals in relation to language use and gender.

01 01 JB code impact.33.09p3 06 10.1075/impact.33.09p3 Section header 10 01 04 Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.10mil 06 10.1075/impact.33.10mil 131 148 18 Article 11 01 04 Chapter 6. A new South African man? Chapter 6. A new South African man? 01 04 Beer, masculinity and social change Beer, masculinity and social change 1 A01 01 JB code 595184965 Tommaso M. Milani Milani, Tommaso M. Tommaso M. Milani University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/595184965 2 A01 01 JB code 677184966 Mooniq Shaikjee Shaikjee, Mooniq Mooniq Shaikjee University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/677184966 01 eng 30 00

In recent years, the ‘New Man’ has gained considerable momentum as a model of masculinity in South African advertising. It is with a view to better understanding what this cultural idea of the ‘New Man’ looks like that we analyse a television advertisement for a popular South African beer, Carling Black Label. Drawing upon critical multimodal discourse analysis, we show how the “new” man is not about masculinity alone, but is a multilayered discursive construction in which gender criss-crosses with social class, (hetero)sexuality, race and age. We also argue that the development of the “new” man is nothing but another manifestation of the ways in which modern power operates in a context of socio-economic change.

01 01 JB code impact.33.11ell 06 10.1075/impact.33.11ell 149 176 28 Article 12 01 04 Chapter 7. The `Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs Chapter 7. The ‘Tinto’ image in contemporary Tswana songs 01 04 Masculinities in crisis? Masculinities in crisis? 1 A01 01 JB code 125184967 Sibonile Edith Ellece Ellece, Sibonile Edith Sibonile Edith Ellece 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/125184967 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I explore how men are constructed in Botswana contemporary music. I use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and, at the analytical level, employ Halliday’s (1985) idea of a clause as representation and examine how characters in the songs are represented in terms of whether they are agents or goals of material processes. Six songs were selected for the study. The findings show that masculinities are multiply positioned in the songs, through a choice of clauses in which they are cast as actors in material actions that are anti-social and criminal, in negative behavioural processes and negative processes of being. While some men are proffered powerful subject positions, other men are represented as victims of other dominant masculinities, and still others are represented appreciatively as non-violent and caring. Men are therefore constructed in multiple, contradictory ways, underscoring the idea that no social meanings are ever fixed forever.

01 01 JB code impact.33.12nhl 06 10.1075/impact.33.12nhl 177 202 26 Article 13 01 04 Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana 1 A01 01 JB code 290184968 Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana Nhlekisana, Rosaleen O.B. Rosaleen O.B. Nhlekisana 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/290184968 01 eng 30 00

In recent years Botswana has seen tremendous growth in the popular music industry. Many of the songs that have recently been released represent critical commentary on contemporary Setswana society; they arguably construct, as well as reflect, the realities of urbanization, globalization and social change. In this chapter on the topic of popular music in Botswana I seek to answer the following research questions: How is gender represented linguistically in a selection of recent popular music in Botswana? How is such representation realised linguistically? I argue that the Setswana language is a key medium, spoken and written, through which Batswana transmit cultural values, and, as such, through it, gender identities are constructed, sustained and contested. The chapter concludes that these songs reflect the changing nature of Botswana society.

01 01 JB code impact.33.13p4 06 10.1075/impact.33.13p4 Section header 14 01 04 Part 4. Gendered struggles and change Part 4. Gendered struggles and change 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.14han 06 10.1075/impact.33.14han 205 215 11 Article 15 01 04 Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho 01 04 A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims 1 A01 01 JB code 852184969 Puleng Hanong Thetela Thetela, Puleng Hanong Puleng Hanong Thetela 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/852184969 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I examine how the linguistic realization of sex discourses in Southern Sotho draw upon cultural sociolinguistic resources of hlonipha (respect) to reproduce traditional gendered identities. Using a sample of interviews of female rape victims by male police officers, I show that women’s access to sex discourses is constrained by the hlonipha culture to which to they are expected to adhere. However, when they raped, and report to the authorities, they enter into a completely foreign discourse environment. This conflict between cultural expectations of women’s traditional discourse (which requires avoidance of explicit sexual terms), on the one hand, and that of the legal system (i.e. explicitness for the sake of clarity and precision of evidence) on the other, is a phenomenon which constitutes linguistic and socio-cultural constraints that contribute to Basotho women’s failure to help bring about the conviction of rapists.

01 01 JB code impact.33.15dak 06 10.1075/impact.33.15dak 217 231 15 Article 16 01 04 Chapter 10. Student Pidgin Chapter 10. Student Pidgin 01 04 A masculine code encroached on by young women A masculine code encroached on by young women 1 A01 01 JB code 715184970 Kari Dako Dako, Kari Kari Dako 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/715184970 01 eng 30 00

The chapter describes Student Pidgin (SP), a relatively recent youth language in Ghana that we can trace from the late 1960 / early 1970. Pidgin has always been a male language in Ghana and can be traced to itinerant migrant labourers who brought pidgin from Liberia and Nigeria. Pidgin was also associated with prostitutes from the riverin/Niger delta areas of Nigeria. When the first survey of Student Pidgin (SP) was undertaken (Tawiah 1998), only four out of 50 female students admitted speaking the language and they had all learnt it from their brothers. Today I estimate that close to 50 percent of female students admit to speaking SP. The chapter investigates why some young women speak SP and why others do not. I argue that some young women speak the code in part to create identities for themselves as SP speakers.

01 01 JB code impact.33.16rud 06 10.1075/impact.33.16rud 233 251 19 Article 17 01 04 Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 995184971 Stephanie Rudwick Rudwick, Stephanie Stephanie Rudwick 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/995184971 01 eng 30 00

This paper addresses how young Zulu women choose two different isiZulu varieties, isiTsotsi and isiHlonipho, in order to construct ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ femininities in South Africa. Based on semi-ethnographic data gathered over a period of six years (2004–2010), the paper explores how isiZulu-speaking females make use of the two linguistic varieties and what significance and implications these choices have in terms of gender dynamics. It is argued that speaking isiTsotsi signals linguistically that ‘traditional’ Zulu femininity is rejected while making use of an isiHlonipho lexicon endorses this very femininity. The research also highlights the context-dependent nature of linguistic gender constructions and contributes to the study of African femininities.

01 01 JB code impact.33.17msi 06 10.1075/impact.33.17msi 253 274 22 Article 18 01 04 Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1 A01 01 JB code 160184972 Thabo Msibi Msibi, Thabo Thabo Msibi 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/160184972 01 eng 30 00

In this chapter I show how language can be used both to objectify those who engage in same-sex relations and to subvert homophobia and heterosexism. The chapter reflects a life history study of eight men who engage in same-sex relations, based on a series of interviews with each man. The study found that language was a key site of struggle, serving both as a mechanism for the regulation of individuals and as a vehicle for strategic ‘resist-stance’. Resist-stance was through the employment of isiNgqumo – a language predominantly spoken by Black ‘gay’ men in South Africa (Rudwick and Ntuli 2008). However, such resist-stance had its own limitations, as the language was associated with certain Communities of Practice, and was not spoken by all the men interviewed. The chapter calls for more sociolinguistic work in this area.

01 01 JB code impact.33.18dia 06 10.1075/impact.33.18dia 275 298 24 Article 19 01 04 Chapter 13. "I cannot be blamed for my own assault" Chapter 13. “I cannot be blamed for my own assault” 01 04 Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel's sexual assaults Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel’s sexual assaults 1 A01 01 JB code 447184973 Grace Diabah Diabah, Grace Grace Diabah 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/447184973 01 eng 30 00

Much 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 people view these cases differently depending on their personal ideologies and the context within which they operate. Whereas most of the text producers draw on the socio-cultural context to either directly or indirectly ‘justify’ the actions of the perpetrators, others draw on the legal to condemn the crimes.

01 01 JB code impact.33.19p5 06 10.1075/impact.33.19p5 Section header 20 01 04 Part 5. Epilogue Part 5. Epilogue 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.20ata 06 10.1075/impact.33.20ata 301 314 14 Article 21 01 04 African feminism? African feminism? 1 A01 01 JB code 868184974 Lilian Lem Atanga Atanga, Lilian Lem Lilian Lem Atanga 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/868184974 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.21bib 06 10.1075/impact.33.21bib 315 323 9 Miscellaneous 22 01 04 Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts 01 04 Bibliography Bibliography 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.22con 06 10.1075/impact.33.22con 325 325 1 Miscellaneous 23 01 eng 01 01 JB code impact.33.23ind 06 10.1075/impact.33.23ind 327 331 5 Miscellaneous 24 01 04 Index Index 01 eng
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