Language and Desire

Encoding Sex, Romance and Intimacy
Herausgeber: Harvey, Keith; Shalom, Celia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An original and intriguing exploration into the way we talk about and express romantic and sexual desire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781138142701
• ISBN-10: 1138142700
• Artikelnr.: 71624821

Autorenporträt

Keith 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.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION 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 RELATIONSHIPS