Contesting and advocating gender ideologies: an analysis of sararīman (salaried men) characters’ hegemonic masculinities in a Japanese TV drama
Issue: Vol 14 No. 3 (2020) Special Issue: Language, gender, and sexuality in Japanese popular media
Journal: Gender and Language
Subject Areas: Gender Studies Linguistics
DOI: 10.1558/genl.39956
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Author: Junko Saito
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