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Language and the Politics of Sexuality

Lesbians and Gays in Israel

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Erez Levon

    1. Queen Mary, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 1-26

  3. Israel, Zionism and Sexual Subjectivity

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 27-59

  4. Language and Mechanisms of Identification

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 60-90

  5. The Politics of Prosody

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 91-129

  6. Discourses of Sexuality

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 130-159

  7. Conclusion

    • Erez Levon
    Pages 160-172

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 173-199
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Examining how lesbian and gay Israelis negotiate the linguistic performance of their sexualities and the constraints of Israeli national ideologies, this book broadens current understandings of the uses and effects of variation in language and details the interconnections between language use and sexual, national and political identities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen Mary, University of London, UK

    Erez Levon

About the author

EREZ LEVON is Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His research examines the interaction of language, gender, sexuality and nationalism in the United States and Israel, and has been published in journals such as Language in Society and Journal of Sociolinguistics. 

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