Kwai Ng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kwai Ng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kwai |
| FAMILY NAME | Ng |
| SIGNATURE | NG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pragmatic Discourse and Gender Inequality in China
Using courtroom dialogs from actual court trials in China as data, this article analyzes an emerging "pragmatic discourse," deployed by judges to assist, but at the same time to constrain divorcing women. Through questions, statements, rebuttals, and other interactional devices, Chinese judges define the premises that underpin the law's understanding of gender equality and women's welfare. By looking at how discourses are deployed by judges and l…
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
Pragmatic Discourse and Gender Inequality in China
Using courtroom dialogs from actual court trials in China as data, this article analyzes an emerging "pragmatic discourse," deployed by judges to assist, but at the same time to constrain divorcing women. Through questions, statements, rebuttals, and other interactional devices, Chinese judges define the premises that underpin the law's understanding of gender equality and women's welfare. By looking at how discourses are deployed by judges and l…
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
Pragmatic Discourse and Gender Inequality in China
Using courtroom dialogs from actual court trials in China as data, this article analyzes an emerging "pragmatic discourse," deployed by judges to assist, but at the same time to constrain divorcing women. Through questions, statements, rebuttals, and other interactional devices, Chinese judges define the premises that underpin the law's understanding of gender equality and women's welfare. By looking at how discourses are deployed by judges and l…
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · China (1 works) · Diversity (politics (1 works) · Economic geography (1 works) · Gender equality (1 works) · Gender inequality (1 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works)