{"product_id":"speaking-in-queer-tongues-globalization-and-gay-language-paperback-softback-9780252071423","title":"Speaking in Queer Tongues; GLOBALIZATION and GAY LANGUAGE (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252071423","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpeaking in Queer Tongues\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGLOBALIZATION and GAY LANGUAGE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam L. Leap (Edited by), Tom Boellstorff (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252071423\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage is a fundamental tool for shaping identity and community, including the expression (or repression) of sexual desire. \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Queer Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the tensions and adaptations that occur when processes of globalization bring one system of gay or lesbian language into contact with another.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Western constructions of gay culture are now circulating widely beyond the boundaries of Western nations due to influences as diverse as Internet communication, global dissemination of entertainment and other media, increased travel and tourism, migration, displacement, and transnational citizenship. The authority claimed by these constructions, and by the linguistic codes embedded in them, is causing them to have a profound impact on public and private expressions of homosexuality in locations as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia and Israel.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Examining a wide range of global cultures, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Queer Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e presents essays on topics that include old versus new sexual vocabularies, the rhetoric of gay-oriented magazines and news media, verbal and nonverbalized sexual imagery in poetry and popular culture, and the linguistic consequences of the globalized gay rights movement.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52745261449496,"sku":"9780252071423","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/speaking-in-queer-tongues-globalization-and-gay-language-paperback-softback-9780252071423","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}