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- Professor at Ritsumeikan Univerity's College of International Relations in Kyoto, Japan. Author (with Yuki Ueno) of "... moreProfessor at Ritsumeikan Univerity's College of International Relations in Kyoto, Japan. Author (with Yuki Ueno) of "Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan: In the (Inter)National Shadows" published by Routledge Tayloredit
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Page 1. Book reviews 815 It is, in my opinion, of paramount importance that books such as this one keep up the good work related to corpus resources, giving detailed descriptions of approaches and procedures for on-going ...
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Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use of queer theory in their research and in their classrooms. However, this has often been done by equating queer theory with a radical form of... more
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use of queer theory in their research and in their classrooms. However, this has often been done by equating queer theory with a radical form of social constructionism applied to gender ...
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This article focuses on the processes of exclusion by which male victims of sexual violence in conflict (SVC) are overlooked or erased from view. Opening sections explain the background of SVC before reviewing relevant secondary source... more
This article focuses on the processes of exclusion by which male victims of sexual violence in conflict (SVC) are overlooked or erased from view. Opening sections explain the background of SVC before reviewing relevant secondary source literature. Themes explored include lack of recognition and historical factors. Relevant texts often bear misleading or ambiguous signifiers that perpetuate the confusion and lack of awareness that exists on the issue of male-directed SVC, and this issue is explored in a focus on the problem of language. The second half of the article considers the historical roots of SVC by Imperial Japanese forces and explores the practice of same-sex relationships in Japanese samurai culture. The practice of nanshoku was driven underground into a libidinal economy that became characterized ever more acutely by misogyny and sexual aggression. A culture of impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence, whether female- or male- directed, during peacetime will be exacerbated during periods of conflict. This assertion is based on insights across a wide range of disciplines including health, law, security, masculinities studies, and historical analysis.
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One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. Margret Selting's attention to regional varieties of German shows an ideal sensibility for work of this kind, but other contributors are... more
One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. Margret Selting's attention to regional varieties of German shows an ideal sensibility for work of this kind, but other contributors are not always as careful. In some chapters ...
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on metapragmatics. On the whole, the findings presented here highlight the way in which the study of metapragmatics is genre-related, context-bound, and culture-sensitive. The functional pragmatic microanalyses of authentic data will... more
on metapragmatics. On the whole, the findings presented here highlight the way in which the study of metapragmatics is genre-related, context-bound, and culture-sensitive. The functional pragmatic microanalyses of authentic data will definitely shed light on further theoretical research on the topic. However, it seems to me that each chapter was written in a vacuum. Although we have Hübler and Bublitz’s thematic introduction, there is little sense that contributors know what other contributors are doing. Meanwhile, it would have been useful to provide a glossary of those rather confusing terms: metalanguage, metacommunication, metadiscourse, metalinguistic awareness, to name but a few. Nevertheless, this volume is interesting and engagingly written and stands in its own right as a valuable addition to the literature on metapragmatics.
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Page 1. 824 Discourse Studies 10(6) Haddington discusses prosodic features and other paralinguistic devices that accompany this type of questionanswer stancetaking actions. It is never an easy task to compile a volume on ...
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This survey study investigates the possibility of mismatches between critical pedagogical initiatives and learner expectations or fields of interest. Our opinion survey of 200 first and second-year undergraduate students at two... more
This survey study investigates the possibility of mismatches between critical pedagogical initiatives and learner expectations or fields of interest. Our opinion survey of 200 first and second-year undergraduate students at two universities in western Japan, explored preferences regarding 21 discussion topics. Fourteen of the topics were related to critical sociocultural (CS) issues while seven topics were related to interpersonal and intrapersonal (IP) concerns. The principal findings of the survey showed a significant preference for IP topics over CS topics. These initial survey findings may indicate a need for critically minded pedagogues to lay more groundwork in the classroom before initiating a syllabus that focuses on CS topics. Further research will provide qualitative data to explore reasons why learners may feel an aversion to sociocultural topics for classroom discussion. 本論は、教育者の教育構想と学習者の期待もしくは興味のある分野とのミスマッチの可能性を調査す。 この調査は西日本の2つの大学の1年生と2年生200人を対象に21の議論トピックに関する興味度を調査したもので...
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While the #MeToo movement has led to successful campaigns against sexual harassment in many parts of the world, results have been mixed in Japan. In spite of the fact that #MeToo has inspired a number of offshoot campaigns, many victims... more
While the #MeToo movement has led to successful campaigns against sexual harassment in many parts of the world, results have been mixed in Japan. In spite of the fact that #MeToo has inspired a number of offshoot campaigns, many victims of sexual abuse remain silent. Greater attention needs to be directed at the reasons for this reluctance to pursue justice. One factor that requires greater scrutiny is the role of public conversations; that is, widely reported comments from prominent members of society which generate some level of discussion and which exercise some influence over people’s way of thinking on particular topics. If public conversations denigrate women by labeling them as sexually promiscuous or as failures in terms of normative motherhood, the result may be increased violence against women and greater difficulty for women who seek justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. This argument is developed in this article which explores the ways in which a set of public con...
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In recent years, extensive empirical data has indicated that acts of severe sexual assault are being perpetrated against large numbers of men in many areas of conflict around the world. In spite of such data, recognition of this problem... more
In recent years, extensive empirical data has indicated that acts of severe sexual assault are being perpetrated against large numbers of men in many areas of conflict around the world. In spite of such data, recognition of this problem within gender studies remains limited. This is due to many reasons including the opposition of a variety of feminism that is reluctant to acknowledge male victimhood. This paper argues that feminist reservations about a focus on male-directed sexual violence in conflict are unfounded, especially as adherence to dichotomous gender models of “male equals perpetrator/female equals victim” ignores the comparable suffering of male survivors. A feminist analysis is enriched and complemented by a focus on male survivors and on the gendered power relations that operate among men.
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... This section focuses on the life-histories of two individuals, Naomi and Kaito, whose stories illustrated the ... interested and empathetic discus-sions in the classroom, and produced an in-class narrative from one of the students,... more
... This section focuses on the life-histories of two individuals, Naomi and Kaito, whose stories illustrated the ... interested and empathetic discus-sions in the classroom, and produced an in-class narrative from one of the students, Reiko, about a transgender schoolmate. ...
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One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. Margret Selting's attention to regional varieties of German shows an ideal sensibility for work of this kind, but other contributors are... more
One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. Margret Selting's attention to regional varieties of German shows an ideal sensibility for work of this kind, but other contributors are not always as careful. In some chapters ...
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Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use of queer theory in their research and in their classrooms. However, this has often been done by equating queer theory with a radical form of... more
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use of queer theory in their research and in their classrooms. However, this has often been done by equating queer theory with a radical form of social constructionism applied to gender ...
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Since the end of 2017, many controversies and social media campaigns, especially the “#MeToo” movement, have kept the issue of sexual harassment in the public eye. While the #MeToo movement has impacted many in the United States and... more
Since the end of 2017, many controversies and social media campaigns, especially the “#MeToo” movement, have kept the issue of sexual harassment in the public eye. While the #MeToo movement has impacted many in the United States and elsewhere, its impact in Japan has been considerably less. This is surprising as sexual harassment inflicts very negative effects on victims and the problem is prevalent in many social spheres in Japan, including in educational institutions. This article outlines the extent of the problem and provides suggestions on classroom activities and educational initiatives to raise awareness for the transformation of currently toxic conditions. 2017年末から、多くの論争やソーシャルメディアによるキャンペーン、特に「#MeToo」運動により、セクシャルハラスメント問題に世間の関心が向けられている。「#MeToo」運動は米国などで影響を与えた一方、日本での影響は少なかった。これは驚くべきことである、何故なら、セクシャルハラスメントはその犠牲者に多大な否定的影響を与えるものであり、日本においても教育機関を含め多くの公共の場で蔓延しているからである。本論ではこの問題の広がりについて概要を述べ、現在の弊害を変えるための意識を高める、教室でできるアクティビティおよび教育主導に関しての提議を行う。
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In recent years, extensive empirical data has indicated that acts of severe sexual assault are being perpetrated against large numbers of men in many areas of conflict around the world. This paper conducted an extensive review of relevant... more
In recent years, extensive empirical data has indicated that acts of severe sexual assault are being perpetrated against large numbers of men in many areas of conflict around the world. This paper conducted an extensive review of relevant literature to evaluate levels of recognition of male victims. The review indicates that recognition of this problem within gender studies remains limited. This is due to many reasons including the opposition of a variety of feminism that is reluctant to acknowledge male victimhood. Masculinities studies may play a key role in developing a theory of sexual violence that encompasses all victims. “Inclusive feminism” is enriched and complemented by a focus on male survivors and on the gendered power relations that operate among men.