ABSTRACT This critical ethnographic study explores the lived experiences of Japanese women and their desire to learn English in view of what can be referred to as the commodification of feminism. I approached 11 Japanese women to understand what kinds of desires they had to learn English and how they experienced the power derived out of learning the language. The data represented six themes: (1) desire to be acknowledged by other women, (2) mother’s influence as essential, (3) boost in confidence, (4) preference for multiculturalism rather than monoculturalism, (5) hegemonic position of a native English speaker is precarious, (6) dating is an alternative to lessons with native speaker. These findings demonstrate how these women’s desires, mediated through English, were versatile and cannot be articulated solely via discourses of intimacy with the West.

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日本女性学习英语的愿望：语言市场中的女权主义商品化

摘要 这项批判性的民族志研究探讨了日本女性的生活经历以及她们学习英语的愿望，因为这可以被称为女权主义的商品化。我走访了 11 位日本女性，了解她们有什么样的学习英语的愿望，以及她们如何体验从学习语言中获得的力量。数据代表六个主题：(1) 渴望被其他女性认可，(2) 母亲的影响至关重要，(3) 增强信心，(4) 偏爱多元文化而不是单一文化，(5) 本地人的霸权地位说英语的人是不稳定的，(6) 约会是与母语人士上课的替代方法。这些研究结果表明，这些女性的欲望是如何通过英语传递的，