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Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men

Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics, Book 1

General ReferenceLinguisticsGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0415261805
ISBN13: 9780415261807
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 1 2002
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.82 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
This book examines the ways in which Polari - a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men - was used in order to construct 'gay identities' in the UK over the past fifty years.

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