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Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and K...

Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gende...

Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and K...

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Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall.

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Full title

Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall.

Publisher

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1997.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKV8XPo47O

MMS ID

991024189547102626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (481 p.)

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

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...

Publication information

Publisher

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1997.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

c1997.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

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.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Queerly phrased [electronic resource] : language, gender, and sexuality / edited by Anna Livia and Kira Hall.

Variant title

BOOK

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Oxford studies in sociolinguistics

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Includes bibliographical references .

Language note

English

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c1997.

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VKV8XPo47O

Permalink

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

DDC

306.44 408.664 408/.6/64

MMS ID

991024189547102626

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