ISBN:
1403937966
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9781403937964
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 223 p)
,
ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language and languages Sex differences
Abstract:
Presenting new and exciting data from lesbian and gay conversations, narratives, representations of lesbians in film and erotic fiction, and representations of prominent gay men in newspapers, this book looks at some of the ways lesbians and gay men construct identity from among the symbolic resources available within lesbian and gay communities.
Abstract:
Presenting new and exciting data from lesbian and gay conversations, narratives, representations of lesbians in film and erotic fiction, and representations of prominent gay men in newspapers, this book looks at some of the ways lesbians and gay men construct identity from among the symbolic resources available within lesbian and gay communities
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Examining Lesbian Conversations as Discourses of Identity and Resistance; 2 Analysing Evaluation in Coming Out Narratives; 3 The Language of Shame, Risk and Concealment; 4 Discourse and Identity in a Corpus of Lesbian Erotica; 5 Sexual Identity and Gender: Discursive Constructions of 'Butch' and 'Femme' in Film; 6 Camp Codes and Subtle Outing: How the British Broadsheet Press Learned Gay Slang; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-219) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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