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Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality


Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Paperback by Livia, Anna (Professor of French, Professor of French, University of Illinois); Hall, Kira (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University)

Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality

£60.00

ISBN:
9780195104714
Publication Date:
4 Dec 1997
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Pages:
480 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 12 May 2024
Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Description

Queerly Phrased is a groundbreaking collection of previously unpublished essays that examine the relationship between language and the construction of gender and sexuality. Bridging the gap between sociolinguistics and gay studies, the contributors draw on traditional models of language anaylsis of well as recent developments in gender theory to show how language plays a crucial role in the creation of culture and its representation.

Contents

Anna Livia and Kira Hall, Editors: Introduction Part 1: LAVENDER LEXICALITY Arnold Zwicky, Stanford University and Ohio State University: Two Lavender Issues for Linguists M. Lynne Murphy: The Elusive Bisexual: Social Categorization and Lexico-Semantic Change Randy P. Conner, University of Texas: Les Molles et les chausses: Mapping the Isle of Hermaphrodites in Pre-Modern France Ian Lucas: The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence James Valentine: Pots and Pans: Identification of Queer Japanese in Terms of Discrimination Michael J. Sweet: Talking about Feygelekh: A Queer Male Representation in Jewish American Speech Diane Watt, University of Aberystwyth, Wales: Read My Lips: Clypping and Kyssing in the 16th Century Marie-Jo Bonnet, Paris France: Sappho, or the Importance of Culture in the Language of Love Mala Kleinfeld and Noni Warner: Lexical Variation in the Deaf Community Relating to Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Signs Lynne Murphy, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa: The Elusive "Bisexual" Part 2: QUEERSPEAK Rusty Barrett, University of Texas at Austin: The Homo-Genius Community Elizabeth Morrish, Nottingham Trent University: "Falling Short of God's Ideal": Public Discourse about Lesbians and Gays Jennifer Coates and Mary Ellen Jordan, Roehampton Institute and Melbourne University: Que(e)rying Friendship: Discourses of Resistance and the Construction of Gendered Subjectivity Robin M. Queen: "I Don't Speak Spritch": Locating Lesbian Language Kathleen M. Wood: Narrative Iconicity in Electronic-Mail, Lesbian Coming- Out Stories A. C. Liang: The Creation of Coherence in Coming-Out Stories William Leap, American University: Performative Effect in Three Gay English Texts James Armstrong, State University of New York, Plattsburgh: Homophobic Slang as Coercive Discourse Among College Students Tina Neumann, Gallaudet University: Deaf Identity, Lesbian Identity: Intersections in a Life Narrative Birch Moonwomon-Baird, Ohio State University: Toward the Study of Lesbian Speech Part 3: LINGUISTIC GENDER-BENDING Anna Livia: Disloyal to Masculinity: Linguistic Gender and Liminal Identity in French Bruce Bagemihl, University of British Colombia, Canada: Surrogate Phonology and Transsexual Faggotry Genevieve Pastre, Publisher, les Octaviennes, France: Linguistic Gender Play amoung French Gays and Lesbians Janet Shibamoto Smith, University of California at Davis: The Gendering of the Gay Male Sex Class in Japan Rudolf Gaudio, Stanford University: Not Talking Straight in Hausa Kira Hall, University of California at Berkeley: Go Suck Your Husband's Sugarcane: Hijras and the Use of Sexual Insult

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