Dyke/Girl : language and identities in a lesbian group / Lucy Jones.

Dyke/Girl details an ethnographic study with a British lesbian community of practice. It explores the discursive construction of identities within this group, revealing myriad interactive tactics used by the women to produce mutually-negotiated norms of lesbian authenticity. The book engages in micr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Jones, Lucy, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Transcription Conventions
  • List of Transcriptions
  • Introduction
  • Sociocultural Approaches to Linguistics
  • Approaches to Language and Sexuality
  • Doing Ethnography with the Stompers
  • Dyke and Girl
  • Negotiating Authentic Style and Practice
  • Indexing Authenticity via Cultural Knowledge
  • Political Difference and Maintenance of Shared Identity
  • Understanding Communities of Practice
  • Sociocultural Linguistics and Sexuality.