A gendered academy - women's experiences from higher education in Cameroon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4178053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lilian Lem Atanga (0000-0002-6718-5906, The University of Bamenda , Bambili , Cameroon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 2021 |
| Issue | 267-268 |
| Pages | 27-42 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2020-0080 |
| OpenAlex | W3138292760 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
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 on higher education, and the author's personal experiences as a female academic in Cameroon. It is argued in this paper that the challenges of women are higher and include rendering content of teaching and research gendered, appropriating gendered identities as women, and asserting themselves in research, publication, and administration. Language is considered as the vehicle for disempowering women in the academy. Thus, women are called upon to demystify stereotypes about femininity and women's place in the academy through language use. That deconstruction of roles must start with gender-sensitive language use
Autoethnography · Femininity · Ideology · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |