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Portrait Lisa Eklund. Photo: Emma Lord.

Lisa Eklund

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Portrait Lisa Eklund. Photo: Emma Lord.

Nüshimen, xianshengmen, ladies and gentlemen, what do we mean?

Author

  • Lisa Eklund

Summary, in English

The article discusses the sociocultural dimensions to the Chinese courtesy titles 'nüshi' (ladies) and 'xiansheng' (gentlemen).

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

60-60

Publication/Series

Women of China

Volume

August

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Women's Foreign Language Publications of China, Women's Foreign Language Publications of China

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • China
  • sociology
  • gender
  • social linguistics
  • sociologi

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1000-9388