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Zusatztext This is an illuminating book that eloquently demonstrates the necessity of analyzing sexuality and gender simultaneously and thereby revels the intersectional nature of language across cultures. Informationen zum Autor Rusty Barrett is an Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of Kentucky. His research examines a broad range of issues in sociocultural, descriptive, and historical linguistics. In addition to his work on language, gender and sexuality, he has conducted a great deal of research in Mayan linguistics. With Kira Hall, he is co-editor of the forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality (Oxford University Press). Klappentext From Drag Queens to Leathermen examines gendered language in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. The chapters include ethnographic-based studies of language use in each of these subcultures, with special attention to the ways in which linguistic patterns challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexuality. Zusammenfassung From Drag Queens to Leathermen examines gendered language in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. The chapters include ethnographic-based studies of language use in each of these subcultures, with special attention to the ways in which linguistic patterns challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Transcription Conventions Editor's Preface Author's Preface Chapter One: From Drag Queens to Leathermen Chapter Two: Fierce Fish Who Pee: Indexicality and Identity among African American Drag Queens Chapter Three: The Faggot God is Here!: Indexing Space and Time in Radical Faerie Sacred Music Chapter Four: The Class Menagerie: Working-class Appropriations and Bear Identity Chapter Five: Down the K-Hole: Circuit Boy Language Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation Chapter Six: Viral Loads: Barebacker Identity and Interactional Stances towards Ideologies of Safe Sex Chapter Seven: Red and Yellow Coming Together: Intertdiscoursivity and Sexual Citizenship at International Mr. Leather Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures ...
