Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Book Overview

This pioneering collection of previously unpublished articles on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender language combines queer theory and feminist theory with the latest thinking on language and gender. The book expands the field well beyond the study of "gay slang" to consider gay dialects (such as Polari in England), early modern discourse on gay practices, and late twentieth-century descriptions of homosexuality. These essays examine the conversational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195104714
• ISBN13: 9780195104714
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"