Request

[Lisa DeWaard Dykstra]

Dear Shahid,

The Russians have a very old saying, "*Kuritsa ne ptitsa, zhenshchina ne
chelovek*" which translates to "Just as a chicken is not a bird, a woman is
not a person." They also have the expression "*devichaia pamiat'*" which
means "female memory"; this is the expression that men and women alike use
to describe their memory when they can't remember something. For example, if
you can't remember where you put something and you say "where did I put
that" the response from someone nearby could be something like "well, it
looks like you have *devichaia pamiat'*".

Best,
Lisa


2007/11/21, shahid siddiqui <shahidksiddiqui at yahoo.com>:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am working on my book, "Language, Gender and Power-
> Politics of Representation and Hegemony".  I would be
> focusing on different forms of expression: literature,
> films, Tv Plays, songs, sayings and proverbs and jokes
> as powerful means of constructingm, validating, and
> perutating the gender sterotypes.  Can you please
> share with me more refercnes relating to the above
> areas.
>
> I shoudld be graful for your early response.
>
> Thanks.
>
> sincerely,
>
> shahid
>
> P.S. I would alos like yoou recommend some reserach
> journal in the field of language and gender.  Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Bonnie McElhinny <bonnie.mcelhinny at UTORONTO.CA>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are pleased to announce the publication of the
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> >
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>
> Dr.Shahid Siddiqui
> Professor & Director
> Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences
> Lahore School of Economics, 104-C Gulberg III
> Lahore, Pakistan
>
>
>
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-- 
Lisa DeWaard Dykstra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition
Clemson University
308 Strode Tower
Clemson, SC 29634
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