Language and Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Pakistani Newspapers: Stereotyping in Crime News Headlines - Couverture souple

Rasul, Sarwet

 
9783847335184: Language and Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Pakistani Newspapers: Stereotyping in Crime News Headlines
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ISBN 10 : 3847335189 ISBN 13 : 9783847335184
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In the traditional patriarchal society of Pakistan gender differences and stereotypes are produced and reproduced in all spheres of life. Newspapers also use language as a tool to create power structures based on gender. Through language choices men and women are presented as unequal: the former as powerful and dominant while the later as powerless and submissive. Within this framework, this work attempts to analyze news reporting in the Pakistani print media with special focus on the headlines of crime news in newspapers. Data for the current research is collected from two Pakistani Urdu dailies i.e. ‘The Jang’ and ‘The Khabrain’, and two English dailies i.e. ‘The News’ and ‘The Dawn’. Research sample comprises only the headlines of the crime news reported from April to June 2009. The collected data is categorized to examine how far crime news reporting reinforces the gender stereotypes existing in the society. Quantitative and qualitative differences in Pakistani English and Urdu newspapers in the use of language for gender representation are also investigated. Findings of the research provide insights into how gender stereotypes are created and presented in Pakistani newspapers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the traditional patriarchal society of Pakistan gender differences and stereotypes are produced and reproduced in all spheres of life. Newspapers also use language as a tool to create power structures based on gender. Through language choices men and women are presented as unequal: the former as powerful and dominant while the later as powerless and submissive. Within this framework, this work attempts to analyze news reporting in the Pakistani print media with special focus on the headlines of crime news in newspapers. Data for the current research is collected from two Pakistani Urdu dailies i.e. ‘The Jang’ and ‘The Khabrain’, and two English dailies i.e. ‘The News’ and ‘The Dawn’. Research sample comprises only the headlines of the crime news reported from April to June 2009. The collected data is categorized to examine how far crime news reporting reinforces the gender stereotypes existing in the society. Quantitative and qualitative differences in Pakistani English and Urdu newspapers in the use of language for gender representation are also investigated. Findings of the research provide insights into how gender stereotypes are created and presented in Pakistani newspapers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Sarwet Rasul is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan. Her areas of interest include bilingualism, discourse-analysis, gender and media. She is the author of a book "Code- mixing and Language Hybridization in Pakistan";and has articles and chapters published nationally and internationally.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3847335189
ISBN 13 
9783847335184
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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