<div>Dear Barbara,</div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you so much for your attention. </div> <div> </div> <div>Actually I'm just following gender threads and tendencies at present to come back to my thesis later in a couple of years. I have to work outside science to earn money now. I have a scientific adviser, stay very interested in the theme and collect experience.</div> <div> </div> <div>I will write my thesis with the Moscow State University where I worked for 1,5 years.</div> <div> </div> <div>BTW, I live in the centre of Moscow so if someone feels like visiting Moscow please write to me and I will be able to put you up.</div> <div> </div> <div>All the very best,</div> <div> </div> <div>Ekaterina.<BR><BR><B><I>Barbara LeMaster <lemaster@CSULB.EDU></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dear Ekaterina,<BR><BR>I am just checking up on
you. Everything going okay with your thesis?<BR><BR>Barbara<BR>On Feb 22, 2006, at 12:50 AM, Ekaterina Litvinova wrote:<BR><BR>> Dear Marisol,<BR>> <BR>> I'm dealing with the gender differentiation in the written speech and <BR>> more specifically in the Internet. I'd love to have a chance to read <BR>> the part of your dissertation you mentioned in the letter.<BR>> <BR>> Thank you,<BR>> <BR>> Ekaterina Litvinova, Moscow State University, Russia.<BR>><BR>> Marisol del-Teso-Craviotto <DELTESM@MUOHIO.EDU>wrote:<BR>>> One area that may be interesting for you is the Internet. In my own<BR>>> research on chat rooms I have observed conversational practices that<BR>>> differ from room to room, but I have also found that some strategies<BR>>> are present in US and Spanish chats, even if the language of<BR>>> interaction is different. There seems to be an "Internet culture"<BR>>> that goes beyond
geographical and cultural boundaries, although the<BR>>> existence of such "trans-culture" has been mostly explored in the<BR>>> communication literature, and not so much in the linguistic arena, so<BR>>> there are more questions to be asked than answers I can point you to.<BR>>> If you're interested, I could send you the part of my dissertation<BR>>> that deals with gender and sexual identity performances in dating<BR>>> chats and shows that local and global cultures coexist in chat<BR>>> interactions.<BR>>> Hope this helps,<BR>>> Marisol<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> >Dear all<BR>>> ><BR>>> >I want to initiate a new thread on the topic of gender, language, &<BR>>> >global processes. The self-serving reason being that I am working<BR>>> >on my little contribution for the first issue of our journal, Gender<BR>>> >& Language, focusing on this topic. If you
remember, the articles<BR>>> >in the first issue focus on important and under-explored issues in<BR>>> >language & gender, so that's the background I'm working with. Under<BR>>> >the la! bel "global processes" I want to include transnationalism in<BR>>> >its different forms (e.g., migrations, remittances, seasonal labour,<BR>>> >multiple allegiances), as well as more canonical global processes.<BR>>> >I also want to emphasize the local experience of global processes,<BR>>> >e.g., that of call-center workers in Bangalore who are expected to<BR>>> >learn American or British accents as a condition for employment in<BR>>> >the global service industry, even though they may never have the<BR>>> >first-hand experience of moving.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >As you may know, anthropologists have long been concerned with these<BR>>> >processes and experiences, but linguistic
anthropologists and<BR>>> >sociolinguists have been slower at catching on to the wealth of<BR>>> >insights that one can gain about (a) gender, (b) language, and (c)<BR>>> >globality from a focus on the intersection of the three.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >What works have you found useful at this intersection?<BR>>> ><BR>>> >Looking forward to hearing about works I may not know.<BR>>> ><BR>>> >Niko<BR>>> ><BR>>> >Niko Besnier<BR>>> >Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam<BR>>> >Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> -- <BR>>><BR>>> Marisol del-Teso-Craviotto<BR>>> Assistant Professor<BR>>> 253 Irvin Hall<BR>>> Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese<BR>>> Miami University<BR>>> Oxford, OH 45056<BR>>><BR>>> Tel: (513) 529-4519<BR>><BR>> Yahoo!
Mail<BR>> Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.<BR>Barbara LeMaster<BR>Professor<BR>Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics<BR>1250 Bellflower Boulevard<BR>Long Beach, CA 90840<BR>(562) 985-5037<BR>(562) 985-4379 (fax)<BR>lemaster@csulb.edu<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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