TY - BOOK ID - 78641703 TI - Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education AU - Doerr, Neriko Musha AU - Kamiyoshi, Uichi AU - Kubota, Ryuko AU - Kumagai, Yuri AU - Okamoto, Shigeko AU - Okubo, Yuko AU - Sakai, Naoki AU - Sato, Shinji AU - Segawa, Hazuki PY - 2014 SN - 178309186X 1783091851 9781783091850 1306566649 1783091843 PB - Bristol Blue Ridge Summit DB - UniCat KW - Language and culture KW - Japanese language KW - Education KW - Study and teaching. KW - Culture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78641703 AB - How does language or culture come to be standardized to the degree that it is considered 'homogeneous'? How does teaching language relate to such standardization processes? How can teaching be mindful of the standardization processes that potentially involve power relations? Focusing on the case of Japanese, which is often viewed as homogenous in terms of language and culture, this volume explores these questions in a wide range of contexts: the notions of translation and modernity, the ideologies of the standardization of regional dialects in Japan, current practices in college Japanese-as-a- Foreign-Language classrooms in the United States, discourses in journals of Japanese language education, and classroom practices in nursery and primary schools in Japan. This volume’s investigation of standardization processes of Japanese language and culture addresses the intersections of theoretical and practical concerns of researchers and educators that are often overlooked. ER -