From drag queens to leathermen : language, gender, and gay male subcultures /

"This book examines gendered language use in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. Within each subculture, unique patterns of language use challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexual identity. Rusty Barrett's a...

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Main Author:	Barrett, Rusty (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:	Studies in language, gender, and sexuality.
Subjects:	Gay men > Language. Gay men > Identity. Gay culture. Bears (Gay culture) > Language. Female impersonators > Language. Radical Faeries (New Age movement) > Language. Leather lifestyle. Subculture.