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Gender Articulated forges new connections between language-related field and feminist theory. The essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings explicitly connecting feminist theory to language research.
This pioneering collection of previously unpublished articles on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 patterns of queer speakers in a wide variety of
settings, from women's friendship groups to university rap groups
and electronic mail postings.
Taking a global--rather than regional--approach, the contributors
herein study the language usage of sexually liminal communities in
a variety of linguistic and cultural contexts, such as lesbian
speakers of American Sign Language, Japanese gay male couples,
Hindi-speaking hijras (eunuchs) in North India, Hausa-speaking 'yan
daudu (feminine men) in Nigeria, and French and Yiddish gay groups.
The most accessible and diverse collection of its kind, Queerly
Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality sets a new standard in the
study of language's impact on the construction of sexuality.
This is a groundbreaking collection of previously unpublished essays that examine the complex relationship between language and the construction of gender and sexuality. The contributors study a wide range of topics using various methodologies.
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