Sexed Texts - Language, Gender and Sexuality - Paul Baker
Selling sex: commodifi cation and marketisation
Sexed Texts - Language, Gender and Sexuality - Paul Baker
Paul Baker [+]
Lancaster University
Paul Baker is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. His previous books include Public Discourses of Gay Men, Hello Sailor and Using Corpora for Discourse Analysis. He has also published on the subject of Polari, a lost language variety used by gay men.
Description
Topics include: Introduction; A new, improved gender!; Commodity feminism and the ‘pink pound'; The marketisation of the self: personal adverts; Resisting commodification?; Conclusion