Publication

2020 - Benjamins Publishing Company, John

Language

English

Word Count

36,250 words, Guess

Page Count

145 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789027207616
  • ISBN-109027207615
  • Better World Books9789027207616
  • Open LibraryOL29535578M

Classifications

  • LCCP120.S48S76 2020

Description

"This study focuses on the language around sexuality and discourses about sex, labeled by the authors as metasex, from a broad crosslinguistic perspective. Unlike many existing studies on sexting that predominantly take into account the linguistic practices of teenagers often located in the Global North, this book offers a more holistic approach by discussing Southern concepts of body parts, their conceptualization and mediatization ("dick pics"), the interconnectedness of food and sex and its sensualization ("food porn") as well as processes of social cohesion around sex, sociability and conviviality ("bonding"). Based on an anthropological linguistic perspective, the authors analyze metasex practices from Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, the Mediterranean, and numerous other contexts. Africanist Agnes Brühwiler's afterword on sex (talk) in Tanzania rounds off the various fresh insights this study offers"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Metasex - the Discourse of Intimacy and TransgressionBenjamins Publishing Company, John2020

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