Table of Contents

Note on NamingContributorsIntroduction, Shigeko Okamoto and Janet S. Shibamoto SmithPart I: Historical and Theoretical Foundations1. Cultural Ideologies in Japanese Linguistics and Gender Studies: A Theoretical Studies, Sumiyuki Yukawa and Masami Saito2. Ideology in Linguistic Practice and Analysis: Gender and Politeness in Japanese Revisited, Shigeko Okamoto3. Gender, Language, and Modernity: Toward an Effective History of "Japanese Women's Language", Miyako Inoue4. "Japanese Female Speech" and Language Policy in the World War II Era, Rumi Washi5. Shifting Speakers: Negotiating Reference in Relation to Sexuality and Gender, Wim Lunsing and Claire MareePart II: Linguistic Ideologies and Cultural Models6. Language and Gender in the (Hetero)Romance: "Reading" the Ideal Hero/ine through Lovers' Dialogue in Japanese Romance Fiction, Janet S. Shibamoto Smith7. "Let's Dress a Little Girlishly!" or "Conquer Short Pants!" Constructing Gendered Communities in Fashion Magazines for Young People, Momoko Nakamura8. You Are Doing Burikko! Censoring/Scrutinizing Artificers of Cute Femininity in Japanese, Laura Miller9. Women and Words: The Status of Sexist Language in Japan as Seen through Contemporary Dictionary Definitions and Media Discourse, Orie Endo, Janet S. Shibamoto Smith, TranslatorPart III: Real Language, Real People10. Farm Women's Professional Discourse in Ibaraki, Yukako Sunaoshi11. Lesbian Bar Talk in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Hideko Abe12. Prosody and Gender in Workplace Interaction: Exploring Constraints and Resources in the Use of Japanese, Yumiko Ohara13. Alternative Femininity: Personae of Middle-aged Mothers, Yoshiko Matsumoto14. Japanese Junior High School Girls' and Boys' First-Person Pronoun Use and Their Social World, Ayumi Miyazaki15. Japanese Men's Linguistic Stereotypes and Realities: Conversations from the Kansai and Kanto Regions, Cindi Sturtz-StreetharamIndex