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Language Before Stonewall: Language, Sexuality, History

Language Before Stonewall: Language, Sexuality, History

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Series: Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality

LinguisticsGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 3030335186
ISBN13: 9783030335182
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 30 2021
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.97 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book explores the linguistic and social practices related to same-sex desires and identities that were widely attested in the USA during the years preceding the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The author demonstrates that this language was not a unified or standardized code, but rather an aggregate of linguistic practices influenced by gender, racial, and class differences, urban/rural locations, age, erotic desires and pursuits, and similar social descriptors. Contrary to preconceptions, moreover, it circulated widely in both public and in private domains. This intriguing book will appeal to students and academics interested in the intersections of language, sexuality and history and queer historical linguistics.

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