Metasex – The Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression

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ID23518436
AuthorsAnne Storch (0000-0002-0385-2968, University of Cologne), Nico Nassenstein (0000-0001-9530-2949, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Year2020
Pages145
Publication date2020-09-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMetasex - the Discourse of Intimacy and Transgression (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/clu.22
OpenAlexW3025129984
Open LibraryOL29535578M
ISBN9789027207616
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited55

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.

Art · Cohesion (chemistry) · Conceptualization · Ethnology · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Tanzania · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Philosophy · Sex work and related issues · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Advertising · Discourse analysis · Food · Language and culture · Language and languages · Language and sex · Pragmatics · Sexting

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