Language and Sexuality

Language and Sexuality

by: Deborah Cameron (Author) › Visit Amazon’s Deborah Cameron Page See search results for this author Deborah Cameron (Author), Don Kulick (Author)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (6 Mar. 2003)

Language: English

Print length: 194 pages

ISBN-10: 0521804337

ISBN-13: 9780521804332

Book Description

This lively and accessible textbook looks at how we talk about sex and why we talk about it the way we do. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from personal ads to phone sex, from sado-masochistic scenes to sexual assault trials, the book provides a clear introduction to the relationship between language and sexuality. Using a broad definition of ‘sexuality’, the book encompasses not only issues surrounding sexual orientation and identity but also questions about the discursive construction of sexuality and the verbal expression of erotic desire. Cameron and Kulick contextualize their findings within current research in linguistics, anthropology and psychology, and bring together relevant theoretical debates on sexuality, gender, identity, desire, meaning and power. Topical and entertaining, this much-needed textbook will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and gender/sexuality studies, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between language and sex.