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目次

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Gender and language in sub-Saharan Africa: A valid epistemology? (by Atanga, Lilian Lem); 3. Part 1. Gender and linguistic description; 4. Chapter 1. Issues of language and gender in iweto marriage as practised by the Kamba in Kenya (by Kitetu, Catherine Wawasi); 5. Chapter 2. Language, gender and age(ism) in Setswana (by Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka); 6. Chapter 3. Variation with gender in the tonal speech varieties of Kera (Chadic) (by Pearce, Mary); 7. Part 2. Public settings and gendered language use; 8. Chapter 4. Language, gender and social construction in a pre-school in Gaborone (by Letsholo, Rose); 9. Chapter 5. Variation in address forms for Nigerian married and unmarried women in the workplace (by Mustapha, Abolaji S.); 10. Part 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities; 11. Chapter 6. A new South African man?: Beer, masculinity and social change (by Milani, Tommaso M.); 12. Chapter 7. The 'Tinto' image in contemporary Tswana songs: Masculinities in crisis? (by Ellece, Sibonile Edith); 13. Chapter 8.Language and gender in popular music in Botswana (by Nhlekisana, Rosaleen O.B.); 14. Part 4. Gendered struggles and change; 15. Chapter 9. Sex discourses and the construction of gender identity in Sesotho: A case study of police interviews of rape/sexual assault victims (by Thetela, Puleng Hanong); 16. Chapter 10. Student Pidgin: A masculine code encroached on by young women (by Dako, Kari); 17. Chapter 11. Gendered linguistic choices among isiZulu-speaking women in contemporary South Africa (by Rudwick, Stephanie); 18. Chapter 12. Homophobic language and linguistic resistance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (by Msibi, Thabo); 19. Chapter 13. "I cannot be blamed for my own assault": Ghanaian media discourses on the context of blame in Mzbel's sexual assaults (by Diabah, Grace); 20. Part 5. Epilogue; 21. African feminism? (by Atanga, Lilian Lem); 22. Gender, sexuality and language in African contexts: Bibliography; 24. Index