Lilian Lem Atanga
Biographic Data
| ID | 752773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lilian Lem Atanga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lilian Lem |
| FAMILY NAME | Atanga |
| SIGNATURE | ATANGA L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Dschang |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6718-5906 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A gendered academy - women's experiences from higher education in Cameroon
Women make up less than 20% of the faculty in Cameroon and continue to work in male-dominated workplaces against a context of patriarchal gendered ideologies. This paper explores women's experiences in the academy in Cameroon, highlighting the way they navigate these challenges to position themselves in higher education. Through autoethnography and critical discourse analysis, it examines literature within the area of gendered discourse and texts…
Discourse and racism: A study of (anti)-racist discourse in the Austrian and Australian parliaments
A hit at news headlines indicates that race relations are daily concerns of politicians especially in the ‘West’. Yet race, mobility and migration are a condition of human nature, where people must
Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, struggle and change
Gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts
In this paper, we examine a range of issues associated with the study of gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts. These include whether (and in what sense) such contexts may constitute a ‘special case’, the relevance of feminism, and what might be encompassed by ‘context’, ‘African contexts’ and ‘African topics’ – and a substantial amount of what we write is relevant to Applied Linguistics in Africa more broadly (see Makoni and Meinho…
The discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ within the Cameroonian Parliament
This paper examines the discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ in the Cameroonian parliament. Model here is used to indicate a popular ideal. The starting point for this paper comes from discourses articulated within the wider society that tend to be rearticulated in public formal contexts such as the parliament. The data comes from a wider study (see Atanga 2007) and constitutes recordings from parliamentary sessions in Cameroon,…
Gender, Discourse and Power in the Cameroonian Parliament
Gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts
In this paper, we examine a range of issues associated with the study of gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts. These include whether (and in what sense) such contexts may constitute a ‘special case’, the relevance of feminism, and what might be encompassed by ‘context’, ‘African contexts’ and ‘African topics’ – and a substantial amount of what we write is relevant to Applied Linguistics in Africa more broadly (see Makoni and Meinho…
The discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ within the Cameroonian Parliament
This paper examines the discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ in the Cameroonian parliament. Model here is used to indicate a popular ideal. The starting point for this paper comes from discourses articulated within the wider society that tend to be rearticulated in public formal contexts such as the parliament. The data comes from a wider study (see Atanga 2007) and constitutes recordings from parliamentary sessions in Cameroon,…
A gendered academy - women's experiences from higher education in Cameroon
Women make up less than 20% of the faculty in Cameroon and continue to work in male-dominated workplaces against a context of patriarchal gendered ideologies. This paper explores women's experiences in the academy in Cameroon, highlighting the way they navigate these challenges to position themselves in higher education. Through autoethnography and critical discourse analysis, it examines literature within the area of gendered discourse and texts…
Gender, Discourse and Power in the Cameroonian Parliament
Gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts
In this paper, we examine a range of issues associated with the study of gender and language in sub-Saharan African contexts. These include whether (and in what sense) such contexts may constitute a ‘special case’, the relevance of feminism, and what might be encompassed by ‘context’, ‘African contexts’ and ‘African topics’ – and a substantial amount of what we write is relevant to Applied Linguistics in Africa more broadly (see Makoni and Meinho…
The discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ within the Cameroonian Parliament
This paper examines the discursive construction of a ‘model Cameroonian woman’ in the Cameroonian parliament. Model here is used to indicate a popular ideal. The starting point for this paper comes from discourses articulated within the wider society that tend to be rearticulated in public formal contexts such as the parliament. The data comes from a wider study (see Atanga 2007) and constitutes recordings from parliamentary sessions in Cameroon,…
Gender and Language in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tradition, struggle and change
Discourse and racism: A study of (anti)-racist discourse in the Austrian and Australian parliaments
A hit at news headlines indicates that race relations are daily concerns of politicians especially in the ‘West’. Yet race, mobility and migration are a condition of human nature, where people must
A gendered academy - women's experiences from higher education in Cameroon
Women make up less than 20% of the faculty in Cameroon and continue to work in male-dominated workplaces against a context of patriarchal gendered ideologies. This paper explores women's experiences in the academy in Cameroon, highlighting the way they navigate these challenges to position themselves in higher education. Through autoethnography and critical discourse analysis, it examines literature within the area of gendered discourse and texts…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies in Language (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Discourse analysis (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works)