LINGUIST List: Vol-31-3143. Thu Oct 15 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.
Subject: 31.3143, Books: Metasex – The Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression: Storch, Nassenstein
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:01:56
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Metasex – The Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression: Storch, Nassenstein
Title: Metasex – The Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression
Series Title: Culture and Language Use 22
Publication Year: 2020
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/clu.22
Author: Anne Storch
Author: Nico Nassenstein
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027260680 Pages: 132 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027260680 Pages: 132 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027260680 Pages: 132 Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207616 Pages: 132 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207616 Pages: 132 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027207616 Pages: 132 Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Abstract:
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.
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng)
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