Language and Virginity

[Elli Doukanari]

The following articles deal with male and female sexuality in the Greek Cypriot 
culture respectively.  The second one 

also addresses the issue of virginity.  These studies are based on an 
ethnographic/sociolinguistic approach 

using discourse analysis as a methodology.  The data consist of video and 
audio-recorded performances of Cyprus verbal dueling 

as well as ordinary conversations.
 
Doukanari, Elli.  2008.  “I’ll be a rooster crowing in the hen coop, but you’ll 
be a hen and I’ll be bothering you”:  The male sexual identity in Cyprus verbal 
dueling.  In Gender and Sexual Identities in Transition: Cross-cultural 
Perspectives, ed. by Jose Santaemilia and Patricia Bou, 118-141.  Cambridge: 
Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
 
Doukanari, Elli.  2007.  Female sexuality in Greek-Cypriot chattista:  
Traditional ideologies re-evaluated and negotiated. In International 
Perspectives on Gender and Language, ed. by Jose Santaemilia, Patricia Bou, 
Sergio Maruenda and Gora Zaragoza, 105-124.  Valencia: Universitat de Valencia.
 
Best,

Elli Doukanari, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages and Literature
University of Nicosia
Cyprus

 



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From: Neslihan yetkiner <n_yetkiner at YAHOO.COM>
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Please try:
 
Blood, Shame and Fear: Self-Presentation Strategies in Turkish Women's Talk 
about their Health and Sexuality
http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/arts/2006/Kansu-Yetkiner/thesis.pdf

 
Kansu-Yetkiner Neslihan, Ph.D Thesis, University of Groningen,The Netherlands 
 
I consired virginity and nuptial night experiences as sensitive topics where I 
was searching for evasive strategies during face to face interaction through 
recorded data(16 hours).
 
Best,
Neslihan  Kansu-Yetkiner
 



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From: Brian King <brian.w.king at VUW.AC.NZ>
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Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 10:49:15 PM
Subject: [GALA-L] Language and Virginity

Hello Everyone

I'm writing a chapter of my thesis and I need some advice on literature. In the 
chapter, I'm undertaking discourse analysis of some audio-recorded data of 
secondary school students in a sexuality lesson talking about virginity. I plan 
to analyse the ways in which the students treat 'virgin' as a sexual subject 
position and rework it as a category.

I haven't been able to find any literature related to language use and the 
concept of virginity. It seems surprising that there would be nothing out there 
on this topic, but I've searched high and low and come up with nothing. 

Is anyone aware of an article or chapter somewhere that explores this 
construct from a language/discourse perspective?

Thank you for your time.

Brian King
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand


      
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