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From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures
Rusty Barrett
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Language Gender and Sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ2; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. Within each subculture, unique patterns of language use challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexual identity. Rusty Barrett's analyses of these subcultures emphasize the ways in which gay male constructions of gender are intimately linked to other forms of social difference. In From Drag Queens to Leathermen, Barrett presents an extension of his earlier work among African American drag queens in the 1990s, emphasizing the intersections of race and class in the construction of gender. An analysis ... Read more
This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. Within each subculture, unique patterns of language use challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexual identity. Rusty Barrett's analyses of these subcultures emphasize the ways in which gay male constructions of gender are intimately linked to other forms of social difference. In From Drag Queens to Leathermen, Barrett presents an extension of his earlier work among African American drag queens in the 1990s, emphasizing the intersections of race and class in the construction of gender. An analysis ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Language Gender and Sexuality
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195390186
SKU
V9780195390186
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About Rusty Barrett
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 ... Read more
Reviews for From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures
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.
Men and Masculinities
Rusty Barrett's new monograph is a significant achievement from a scholar whose contributions have been instrumental in forging the field. Insightful, thorough, and yet often entertaining, From Drag Queens ... Read more
Men and Masculinities
Rusty Barrett's new monograph is a significant achievement from a scholar whose contributions have been instrumental in forging the field. Insightful, thorough, and yet often entertaining, From Drag Queens ... Read more