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Author:   Lal Zimman (Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Reed College) ,  Jenny Davis (Lyman T. Johnson Post-doctoral Fellow in Linguistics, Lyman T. Johnson Post-doctoral Fellow in Linguistics, University of Kentucky) ,  Joshua Raclaw (Post-doctoral Researcher, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780199937295

ISBN 10:   019993729
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   21 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents 1. Opposites attract: Theorizing binarity in sociocultural linguistics Jenny Davis (University of Kentucky) Lal Zimman (Reed College) Joshua Raclaw (Metropolitan State University of Denver) 2. The discursive construction of sex: Remaking and reclaiming the gendered body in talk about genitals among trans men Lal Zimman (Reed College) 3. ""Speech creates a kind of commitment"": Queering Hebrew Orit Bershtling (Bar Ilan University) 4. ""More than just 'gay Indians"": Intersecting articulations of Two-Spirit gender, sexuality, and indigenousness Jenny Davis (University of Kentucky) 5. Language and non-normative gender and sexuality in Indonesia Evelyn Blackwood (Purdue University) 6. Sexual subjectivities and lesbian and gay narratives of belonging in Israel Erez Levon (Queen Mary, University of London) 7. The sex machine, the full-body tattoo, and the hermaphrodite: Gay sexual cinema, audience reception and fractal recursivity William Leap (American University) 8. Neither in nor out: Taking the ""T"" out of the closet Elijah Edelman (University of Maryland, College Park), elijah.edelman@american.edu 9. Acting like women, acted upon: Gender and agency in Hausa sexual narratives Rudolf P. Gaudio (State University of New York, Purchase) 10. The emergence of the unmarked: Queer theory, language ideology, and formal linguistics Rusty Barrett (University of Kentucky)"

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As a whole, this edited volume will be of interest to both novice and experiences researchers in areas related to discourse, gender, and sexuality studies.It furnished its readers with multi-faceted explorations of the binaries that are still pervasive in the field. --Alfonso Sanchez-Moya, Journal of Language and Sexuality.

As a whole, this edited volume will be of interest to both novice and experiences researchers in areas related to discourse, gender and sexuality studies. It furnished its readers with multi-faceted explorations of the binaries that are still pervasive in the field. * Alfonso Sanchez-Moya, Journal of Language and Sexuality, 2017 *

Author Information

Lal Zimman is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Reed College. His research, which brings together ethnographic, sociophonetic, and discourse analytic frameworks, deals with the relationship between gender, sexuality, and embodiment in the linguistic practices of transgender and LGBQ communities. Jenny L. Davis is a Lyman T. Johnson Post-doctoral Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Kentucky. Her research analyzes the intersections of language, ethnicity, and identity, with foci on indigenous language use and the sociocultural dynamics of language revitalization. Joshua Raclaw is a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Center for Women's Health Research and Honorary Fellow in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on conversation analysis and sociolinguistic analyses of language, gender, and sexuality in the United States.

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