Metasex – The Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression
Authors
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 (“foodporn”) 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.
[Culture and Language Use, 22] 2020. ix, 132 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations | pp. vii–7
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Acknowledgments | pp. ix–9
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Chapter 1. Introduction | pp. 1–18
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Chapter 2. Dick pics | pp. 19–50
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Chapter 3. Foodporn | pp. 51–85
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Chapter 4. Bonding | pp. 87–120
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Chapter 5. Understanding metapragmatic discourses through social bonding, foodporn and dick pic perspectives: An afterwordAgnes Brühwiler | pp. 121–124
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References | pp. 125–130
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Index | pp. 131–132
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Subjects
Communication Studies
Linguistics
Sociology
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics