Beyond the Lavender Lexicon: Authenticity, Imagination, and Appropriation in Lesbian and Gay Languages
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Until Recently, gay and lesbian communication has been characterized as gender-oriented dialects, secret codes or specialized argots and imitations or paraphrases of heterosexual discourse. This collection of fifteen essays by linguists, anthropologists and historians moves beyond previous studies and pursues new directions in exploring lesbian/gay discourse as comprised of distinct and independently developed linguistic constructions. It examines specific instances of language use, surveying the range of discourse skills which enable gay men and Lesbians to make use of these "dialects" when they talk amongst themselves and to others. By emphasing that there are indeed gay/lesbian languages, this collection draws attention not only to their distinctiveness, but also to their cultural and sociological significance in gay and lesbian life. Randolph Trumbach This [book] opens an entirely new field in Gay/Lesbian Studies. There is nothing else like it. It marks a significant departure in the way the making of Gay/Lesbian communities is studied.
IntroductionList of Contributors1Inside the Switchboards of Desire: Storytelling on Phone-Sex Lines32Speaking "Out": The Implication of Negotiating Lesbian Identity193Lesbian Discourse, Lesbian Knowledge454From Confession to Dialogue655Dykes on Bikes Meet Ladies of Harley876Murder Will Out: Gay Identity and Media Discourse in Montreal1077Talking at the Margins: Kenyan Discourses on Homosexuality1338Imaging Gender: Representations of Lesbians and Gays in Science Fiction1559Sex Talk: Bodies and Behaviors in Gay Erotica17310Supermodels of the World, Unite! Political Economy and the Language of Performance Among African-American Drag Queens20711The Queens' English22712Lesbians in the Living Room: Collusion, Co-Construction, and Co-Narration in Conversation23513"Performing" the Filipino Gay Experiences in America: Linguistic Strategies in a Transnational Context24914Talking About Without Talking About: The Use of Protective Language Among Transvestites and Transsexuals26715Stigma Transformation and Reflexification in the International Diffusion of Gay29716A Lavender-Tongued Reliability-Queer Lesbian Does Language on Language319Bibliography329Index359
