Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and K...
Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall.
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1997.
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English
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1 online resource (481 p.)
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Contents; Contributors; INTRODUCTION; ""It's a Girl!"": Bringing Performativity Back to Linguistics; I: LIMINAL LEXICALITY; 1. Two Lavender Issues for Linguists; 2. The Elusive Bisexual: Social Categorization and Lexico-Semantic Change; 3. Lexical Variation in the Deaf Community Relating to Gay, Les...
7. Les Molles et les chausses: Mapping the Isle of Hermaphrodites in Premodern France8. Sappho, or the Importance of Culture in the Language of Love: Tribade, Lesbienne, Homosexuelle; 9. Read my Lips: Clippyng and Kyssyng in the Early Sixteenth Century; II: QUEERSPEAK; 10. The ""Homo-genius"" Speech...
15. Deaf Identity, Lesbian Identity: Intersections in a Life Narrative16. The Creation of Coherence in Coming-Out Stories; 17. Performative Effect in Three Gay English Texts; 18. Homophobic Slang as Coercive Discourse among College Students; 19. ""Falling Short of God's Ideal"": Public Discourse abo...
22. Surrogate Phonology and Transsexual Faggotry: A Linguistic Analogy for Uncoupling Sexual Orientation from Gender Identity23. The Gendering of the Gay Male Sex Class in Japan: A Case Study Based on Rasen No Sobyo; 24. Not Talking Straight in Hausa; 25. ""Go Suck Your Husband's Sugarcane!"": Hijra...
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1997.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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This text examines the relationship between language and the construction of gender and sexuality. The contributors draw on traditional models of language analyses as well as developments in queer theory to show how language plays a crucial role in the creation of culture and its representation.
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Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall.
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Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
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English
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c1997.
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74VKV8XPo47O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8XPo47O
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ISBN
1-60256-120-6
1-280-45263-3
1-4237-5920-6
0-19-535577-6
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306.44 408.664 408/.6/64
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991024189547102626