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Language, Sexualities and Desires H. Sauntson

Language, Sexualities and Desires By H. Sauntson

Language, Sexualities and Desires by H. Sauntson


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Sexualities are perceived, constructed and represented in different ways in various languages and cultures. This volume addresses how people use various linguistic features to construct their sexual identities and relationships and how membership of specific social groups, based on sexual and lifestyle choices, may be signalled through language.

Language, Sexualities and Desires Summary

Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives by H. Sauntson

Sexualities are perceived, constructed and represented in different ways in various languages and cultures. This volume addresses how people use various linguistic features to construct their sexual identities and relationships and how membership of specific social groups, based on sexual and lifestyle choices, may be signalled through language.

About H. Sauntson

DEBORAH A. CHIRREY is a Lecturer in English Language at Edge Hill College of Higher Education in Lancashire, UK JENNIFER COATES is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Roehampton University, UK YVONNE DROESCHEL is a Research and Teaching Assistant in English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland STEPHAN A. GROSSE is based in Germany where he is a multilingual researcher and language professional specializing in intercultural communication and foreign language pedagogy MICHAEL HOEY is Baines Professor of English Language at the University of Liverpool, UK WILLIAM LEAP is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, American University (Washington DC), USA LIA LITOSSELITI is Lecturer in Linguistics at City University, London, UK LIZ MORRISH is Subject Leader of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University, UK PIA PICHLER is a Lecturer in Linguistics at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction: Language, Sexualities and Desires; H.Saunston & S.Kyratzis Sex Talk: Language, Desire, Identity and Beyond; L.Morrish & W.Leap Everyone was convinced that we were closet fags: The Role of Heterosexuality in the Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity; J.Coates This Sex Thing is such an Important Issue now: Sex Talk and Identities in Three Groups of Adolescent Girls; P.Pichler The Semantics of Desire: Exploring Desire, Love and Sexuality Through Metaphor; S.Kyratzis Queering Language: A Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name Comes Out of the Closet; Y.Droeschel Education, Culture and the Construction of Sexual Identity: An Appraisal Analysis of Lesbian Coming Out Narratives; H.Sauntson The Transformed Gay Self: The Male Body and Its Scenic Presence as Sites of Gay Self-Enunciation; S.A.Grosse The Subversive Effect of the Signals of Erotic Text Patterning; M.Hoey Going 'Back to Basics': Moral Panics about Heterosexual Relationships; L.Litosseliti Women Like Us: Mediating and Contesting Identity in Lesbian Advice Literature; D.A.Chirrey Index

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NLS9781349516605
9781349516605
1349516600
Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives by H. Sauntson
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2007-01-01
248
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