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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Harvey , Celia ShalomPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.730kg ISBN: 9780415136921ISBN 10: 041513692 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 14 August 1997 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Part I Words 1 METAPHORS OF DESIRE 2 KISSING AND CUDDLING: THE RECIPROCITY OF ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY 3 ‘EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER’: GAY MEN, STRAIGHT MEN AND A PROBLEM OF LEXICAL CHOICE Part II Narratives 4 THE ORGANISATION OF NARRATIVES OF DESIRE: A STUDY OF FIRST-PERSON EROTIC FANTASIES 5 ‘AN EXPLOSION DEEP INSIDE HER’: WOMEN’S DESIRE AND POPULAR ROMANCE FICTION 6 ‘YOU WOULD IF YOU LOVED ME’: LANGUAGE AND DESIRE IN THE TEEN NOVEL Part III Voices 7 ‘I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU’: LOVE AND DESIRE ON THE TELEPHONE 8 ‘BUNNIKINS, I LOVE YOU SNUGLY IN YOUR WARREN’: VOICES FROM SUBTERRANEAN CULTURES OF LOVE 9 THAT GREAT SUPERMARKET OF DESIRE: ATTRIBUTES OF THE DESIRED OTHER IN PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS 10 SPEAKING ITS NAME: THE POETIC EXPRESSION OF GAY MALE DESIRE 11 DISCURSIVE CATEGORIES AND DESIRE: FEMINISTS NEGOTIATING RELATIONSHIPSReviewsLanguage and Desire is a unique and fascinating collection which explores how people use word-choice, narrative and voice to create a language of sexual desire.. -William Leap, American University, Washington, D.C. Language and Desire is a unique and fascinating collection which explores how people use word-choice, narrative and voice to create a language of sexual desire.. <br>-William Leap, American University, Washington, D.C. <br> Author InformationKeith Harvey is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of East Anglia. Celia Shalom is a lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics in the English Language Studies Unit at the University of Liverpool. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |