Lesbian Discourses: Images Of A Community (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. Content: Introduction : lesbian discourses, lesbian texts -- Approaches to researching lesbian discourses -- Creating a community : the 1970s -- Challenging the community : the 1980s -- Contradicting voices within the community : the 1990s -- Consuming the community : the 2000s -- Conclusion : changing images, changing communities. The study represents the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse, focusing on the changing notions of lesbian community as expressed in non-fictional texts published in the UK and the US between 1970 and 2004. 'Lesbian Discourse' is the first book length treatment of lesbian text & discourse. It examines the changing images of community have been produced by American & British lesbian writers since the 1970s