Paul Baker: Fantabulosa | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780826473431 | Fantabulosa | Paul Baker | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Beschreibung

Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to Kenneth Williams, American Gls in London and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, bitch, gossip and cruise. Like all slang, Polari users coined an ever-changing vocabulary. Derived from words used by criminals, circus artists, beggars and prostitutes, it also employed Italian, Yiddish, French, rhyming slang and backslang. Polari speakers camped up a storm, from West End chorus boys and office workers to East End sea-queens. Since gay liberation, lesbian and gay slang has become less a language of concealment than a language of specialization, though the tradition of camp remains. A carefully researched and entertaining read, Fantabulosa presents a lexicon of Polari and a more general dictionary of lesbian and gay slang. If you don't yet know what vada the bona cartes on the ommee ajax, parkering ninty, a Mexican nightmare or a nellyectomy mean, then this is the book for you.

Über den Autor

Paul Baker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction to the Dictionary of Polari

Dictionary of Polari

Introduction to the Dictionary of Gay Slang

Dictionary of Gay Slang

References

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780826473431
ISBN-10:	0826473431
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Baker, Paul
Hersteller:	Continnuum-3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Paul Baker
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.03.2004
Gewicht:	0,276 kg