Professor 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 Taylor
Page 1. Book reviews 815 It is, in my opinion, of paramount importance that books such as this on... more 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 ...
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use 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 ...
This article focuses on the processes of exclusion by which male victims of sexual violence in co... 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.
One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. M... 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 ...
on metapragmatics. On the whole, the findings presented here highlight the way in which the study... 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.
Page 1. Book reviews 815 It is, in my opinion, of paramount importance that books such as this on... more 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 ...
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of critical theorists who make use 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 ...
This article focuses on the processes of exclusion by which male victims of sexual violence in co... 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.
One area of concern is the mixing (by some analysts) of language varieties within data samples. M... 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 ...
on metapragmatics. On the whole, the findings presented here highlight the way in which the study... 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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