Denne samtalen undersøker stiliserte kjønnsuttrykk og klasseperspektiver i to subkulturer for homofile menn, nemlig drag queens og “bears” (bamser).

Blant begge gruppene utfordres kjønnsnormer i stor grad knyttet til klasse. I samtalen vil Barrett presentere et rammeverk for å forstå hvordan seksuelle- og kjønnsminoriteter danner nye lingvistiske og stilistiske språkmønstre.

Møt Rusty Barrett i samtale med førsteamanuensis Eir-Anne Edgar. Samtalen vil foregå på engelsk.

Rusty Barrett er professor innen lingvistikk ved Universitetet i Kentucky. Han har skrevet boken From drag queens to leathermen: Language, gender, and gay male subcultures (Oxford), medforfatter til Other people’s English: Code meshing, code switching and African American literacy (Teacher’s College Press) og English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States. Sammen med Kira Hall er han redaktør i den forestående boken Oxford handbook of language and sexuality.

Eir-Anne Edgar er førsteamanuensis i engelsk ved NTNU, med spesialfelt innen kjønn, seksualitet og rase i amerikansk litteratur.

English:

This talk examines the stylistic patterns related to gender and social class in two gay male subcultures, drag queens (men who perform in women’s clothing) and bears (a group based on being heavyset and hairy). In both groups, challenging gender is conveyed in large part through challenging norms associated with social class. The talk presents a framework for understanding how sexual and gender minorities innovate new linguistic and stylistic patterns.

In this event, Rusty Barrett will talk with associate professor Eir-Anne Edgar from NTNU. The event will be in English.

Rusty Barrett is Jean G. Pival Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of From drag queens to leathermen: Language, gender, and gay male subcultures (Oxford) and co-author of Other people’s English: Code meshing, code switching and African American literacy (Teacher’s College Press) and English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States. With Kira Hall, he is also co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford handbook of language and sexuality.

Eir-Anne Edgar is an associate professor in English at NTNU, with focus on gender, sexuality and race in American literature.