Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This paper analyzes an EFL textbook entitled Conversation Topics for Japanese University Students, published by the researcher in 1994, using Porecca (1978) and Leiskin's (2001) theoretical frameworks for investigating the gender representation of male and female textbook characters.Gender imbalance of textbook characters that has been noted in previous studies was not found in this book.In contrast, the female characters were more visible and played more active roles than male characters.Although a number of gender stereotypes, which were mainly related to the topics, were found, it appeared to be that a conscientious effort was made to counterbalance gendered stereotypical ideals and that there was no social dominance of one gender over another in terms of sentence structure.
Author: Diane Hawley Nagatomo
Language: English
Topic: Gender Studies in Language
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2183751224