The Role of Dating Site Design in Gendered Self-Representation and Self-Animation in Online Japan
Author Biography
Erika Alpert
Erika R. Alpert received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan in the spring of 2014, and has been at NU ever since. As a linguist anthropologist, she approaches language not merely as a means for representing the world, but also for constructing it and acting within it. In this sense, language is a kind of magic. Words do things. Her primary research interests are in language, gender, and sexuality; especially the question of how language can be used to create and inhabit social realities and new relationships. How do we form new relationships? Make friends, fall in love, get married? What is the role of talk in creating emotions, forging social bonds, and creating and sustaining desire?
For correspondence: erika[dot]alpert[at]nu[dot]edu[dot]kz
Submission Process Information
Submission date: February 2, 2020
Review start date: February 20, 2020
Revision completion date: April 5, 2020
Acceptance date: May 5, 2020
Publishing date: October 1, 2020