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Public discourses of gay men / Paul Baker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 8.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: ix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415349737
  • 9780415349734
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427.09 22
LOC classification:
  • PE3727.G39 B353 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. What can I do with a naked corpus? -- 2. Unnatural acts : the House of Lords debates on gay male law reform -- 3. Flamboyant, predatory, self-confessed homosexual : discourse prosodies in the British tabloid press -- 4. 'True man' and 'McFairyland' : gay identities in an American sitcom -- 5. 'No effeminates please' : discourses of gay men's personal adverts -- 6. As big as a beercan : a comparative keyword analysis of lesbian and gay male erotic narratives -- 7. Making safer sex sexy : border crossing, informalisation and gay identity in sexual health documentation -- 8. Conclusion.
Summary: "Public Discourses of Gay Men brings queer linguistics, an aspect of sociolinguistics, together with corpus linguistics to investigate the way gay male identities are constructed in the public domain. The book uses data from a range of publicity available sources, both written and spoken, to analyze the language surrounding homosexuality."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.

1. What can I do with a naked corpus? -- 2. Unnatural acts : the House of Lords debates on gay male law reform -- 3. Flamboyant, predatory, self-confessed homosexual : discourse prosodies in the British tabloid press -- 4. 'True man' and 'McFairyland' : gay identities in an American sitcom -- 5. 'No effeminates please' : discourses of gay men's personal adverts -- 6. As big as a beercan : a comparative keyword analysis of lesbian and gay male erotic narratives -- 7. Making safer sex sexy : border crossing, informalisation and gay identity in sexual health documentation -- 8. Conclusion.

"Public Discourses of Gay Men brings queer linguistics, an aspect of sociolinguistics, together with corpus linguistics to investigate the way gay male identities are constructed in the public domain. The book uses data from a range of publicity available sources, both written and spoken, to analyze the language surrounding homosexuality."--Publisher description.

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