CFP lesbian language

[Lucy Jones]

Apologies for cross-posting.

Dear IGALA list members,

Please find below an invitation for abstracts to a panel being organised 
for the 16th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. The 
conference will be held at American University in Washington DC from 
February 13th to 15th 2009. For more information about the conference 
series and other panels currently under preparation, please go to 
www.american.edu/lavenderlanguages.

Call for papers:

Language, Style and Practice in Lesbian Communities and Cultures

This session invites papers dealing with research and theory concerning 
the representation or construction of lesbian identity, style and 
practice from a broadly sociocultural linguistics perspective. Areas of 
interest could include: the representation of identity categories (such 
as butch/femme/boi) in discourse, including recorded interaction, 
fiction, or media; sociolinguistic constructions of identity amongst 
lesbian speakers; the reproduction or rejection of stereotypes regarding 
lesbian women through discourse; trends of linguistic 
production/recognition of lesbian style in speech; issues of transgender 
lesbian identity; issues of invisibility within lesbian communities. 
Research located in a variety of cultures and geographic locations would 
be welcomed.

Please send a 250 word abstract to lucy.jones at sheffield.ac.uk (please do 
not hit 'reply' to this list!) by Friday, 28th November 2008 if you'd 
like to be involved in this panel.

Best,

Lucy Jones

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Lucy Jones
English Language and Linguistics
School of English
University of Sheffield
5 Shearwood Road
Sheffield
S10 2TN

e/ lucy.jones at sheffield.ac.uk
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