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The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japanese Society

Name: The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japanese Society
Author: Zi Wang
ISBN: 9781501514593

by Zi Wang

August 2020

Intermediate to advanced

223 pages

7h 48m

English

De Gruyter Mouton

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1 Introduction: Contextualising jouge kankei
1.1 Getting to know the hierarchical social world1.1.1 Research on jouge kankei1.2 Studying jouge kankei: Linguistic and discursive constitution of hierarchy1.2.1 The phase-one study1.3 Jouge kankei in secondary school extra-curricular clubs: Socialisation in and through language and discourse1.3.1 Language socialisation1.3.2 From language to discourse and discursive practices1.3.3 Operationalisation of discourse1.3.4 An ethnographic study of extra-curricular clubs1.4 Organisation of the book
2 Studying the discursive construction of jouge kankei in secondary school clubs
2.1 The Japanese secondary education2.1.1 Types of secondary schools and the focus on schools with six-year programmes2.2 Club life and social life: Early-stage jouge kankei socialisation in and through discourse in secondary school clubs2.2.1 Type of clubs and the main focus of this study2.3 Introducing the two schools2.4 The three student clubs2.5 Social situations as focus of data collection2.6 Summary of chapter
3 Ideologies, power, text, and discourse: Bukatsudou as sites of learning and socialisation in language and discourse
3.1 First socially meaningful experience of jouge kankei3.2 How are actors socialised into jouge kankei?3.2.1 New members’ first encounter with hierarchical orders: Interactions and rituals in clubs3.2.2 Texts as basis and building blocks of jouge kankei: The specific function of guidebooks/rule books and seniors’ right to enforce rules3.2.3 Macro Discourses as new ways of thinking about the social world: Guidance sessions, meetings, and the “senpai know best” approach to create a “common-sense” knowledge3.2.4 Observing the environment: Who does what?3.2.5 Efforts, mistakes, reprimands, corrections3.3 Seniors’ influence on the degree of manifestation of jougei kankei in a club and impact on juniors3.4 Summary of chapter: The textual constitution of jouge kankei and socialisation process
4 Address terms, honorific word choices, and the construction of hierarchy
4.1 Terms of address (ToA): Cognition, legitimisation, and knowledge4.1.1 Analysing ToA: Theoretical frameworks and previous studies4.1.2 ToA in Japanese contexts4.2 ToA in Japanese secondary school clubs4.2.1 Seniors to juniors4.2.2 Juniors to seniors4.2.3 Between equals4.3 Similarities and differences of ToA use in secondary school clubs: At the intersection of social roles and gender4.3.1 Different in manifestation, similar in nature4.4 When deviant cases occur: The impossibility of ToA transition in school clubs4.5 Summary of chapter: ToA maintain, strengthen, and legitimise hierarchy
5 The linguistic constitution of jouge kankei: Ideology in micro-level discourse and epistemic orders
5.1 Ideology and language5.1.1 Forming the language-ideology-power nexus in discourse: Power, power semantic, power in and behind discourse5.2 Politeness, honorifics, and ideology: Theories and conceptual links5.3 Ideology and honorifics: The cases of exalting words and “polite” forms of talk5.3.1 Exalting words5.3.2 “Polite” forms of talk5.4 Plain and desu/masu forms of talk and their constitution of senpai and kouhai identities and interpersonal relations5.4.1 Active identity construction with the addressee honorific desu/masu form5.5 Language-ideology-power and the epistemic order in discourse5.5.1 When age and length of service do not correspond5.6 Deviation from the conventions5.7 Summary of chapter
6 Space, signs, symbols, and objects used in conjunction with discourse
6.1 An analytical framework for the use of space6.2 The allocation and use of space during lunchtime on Sundays6.3 Encoding, experiencing, and appropriating meanings in space in daily behaviour6.3.1 Entering and leaving the music room6.3.2 Reserved territories for seniors6.3.3 Learning process of juniors6.4 Language and spatial segregation based on grades6.5 The use of signs and symbols as discursive practice: The case of school uniforms6.5.1 Tokyo Daiichi Girls’ Junior and Senior High School uniform: Marked from head to toe6.5.2 Tokyo Daini Boys’ Junior and Senior High School uniform: More subtle and less-nuanced markings6.5.3 Implications of such signs, symbols and objects6.6 Summary of chapter
7 Jouge kankei: Discursive construction, characteristics, implications and future outlook
7.1 Summary of findings and answers to research questions7.2 Implications across time and space in secondary school bukatsudou7.2.1 Further implications on the connection of jouge kankei between secondary school and adult contexts7.3 Limitations, suggestions, and outlookAppendix 1: Junior High School Curriculum Guidelines, Published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)Appendix 2: Guidelines for codes of conduct in extra-curricular clubGuidebook 1: Tokyo Daiichi Girls’ Orchestra (2016): Guide to the Orchestra – Rules and regulations (busoku to kokoroe)Club regulations [Section 1 omitted]Guidebook 2: Tokyo Daini Boys’ Orchestra: Four etiquettes of the music clubSection 1. Instruments, music scores, and music stands are the treasures of the clubSection 2. Regarding the saying of “shitsureishimasu” (excuse me) while walking past seniorsSection 3. Proper ways of sittingSection 4. Proper ways to raise your handMiscellaneous mattersOn cleaningOn debriefingOn annual training campsAppendix 3: On the Romanisation of JapaneseAppendix 4: Glossary of Japanese TermsAppendix 5: List of Standard Abbreviations used according to the Leipzig Glossing RulesReferences
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1 Introduction: Contextualising jouge kankei

1.1 Getting to know the hierarchical social world

On a clear afternoon in May 2016, a group of 50 new junior high students in Tokyo Daiichi Junior and Senior High School’s Choir joined in for their first ever practice upon entering secondary school. The seniors in the choir prepared an orientation session at the beginning to facilitate their integration into the daily choir life. The group of new juniors seemed overwhelmed by the sheer size of the music room (able to accommodate up to 150 people) and did not know how to organise themselves. Yamazawa,¹ the acting president, shouted at the group and asked them to form a neat circle around the three senior members, with their bags neatly placed in ...

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The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japanese Society

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1 Introduction: Contextualising jouge kankei

1.1 Getting to know the hierarchical social world

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