Lesbian Discourses

Images of a Community
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-96095-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

Lesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communicated since 1970, how this change can be traced in texts such as pamphlets, magazines and blogs, and why this change has taken place. At the heart of the book is a detailed linguistic analysis, which is embedded in a discussion of the relevant socio-political contexts and discourse practices, and supplemented by interview data. The book can more generally be read as an example of how to do textual analysis in social research, in particular how to engage in the discourse-historical and socio-cognitive study of collective identity. Despite its text-centered approach, the book avoids being overly technical and will therefore be of interest not only to postgraduate students and researchers in linguistics but also to those in anthropology, history and sociology, especially women’s/gender studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koller, Veronika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Introduction: Lesbian Discourses, Lesbian Texts

Chapter Two: Approaches to Researching Lesbian Discourses

Chapter Three: Creating a Community: The 1970s

Chapter Four: Challenging the Community: The 1980s

Chapter Five: Contradicting Voices within the Community: The 1990s

Chapter Six: Consuming the Community: The 2000s

Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Changing Images, Changing Communities

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Veronika Koller received her PhD from Vienna University (2003). She was appointed as lecturer to the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University in 2004.