Language and the Politics of Sexuality: Lesbians and Gays in Israel

Author:   E. Levon
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230227965


Pages:   199
Publication Date:   30 June 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Language and the Politics of Sexuality: Lesbians and Gays in Israel


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Examining how lesbian and gay Israelis negotiate the linguistic performance of their sexualities and the constraints of Israeli national ideologies, this book broadens current understandings of the uses and effects of variation in language and details the interconnections between language use and sexual, national and political identities.

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Author:   E. Levon
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9780230227965


ISBN 10:   0230227961
Pages:   199
Publication Date:   30 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Note on Translations and Transcriptions Introduction Israel, Zionism and Sexual Subjectivity Language and Mechanisms of Identification The Politics of Prosody Discourses of Sexuality Conclusion Notes References Index

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EREZ LEVON is Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His research examines the interaction of language, gender, sexuality and nationalism in the United States and Israel, and has been published in journals such as Language in Society and Journal of Sociolinguistics. 

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