Speaking of Sex : The Limits of Language PDF
by Anthony Grey
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Nowadays we talk about sex incessantly -- yet we still lack a comfortable language in which to do so.
The 'polite' vocabularies of religion, medicine, law and sociology are too formal, value-laden and often simply boring, whilst the vernacular Anglo-Saxon words are regarded by some as 'obscene', and are frequently used by others in an aggressively negative, sex-hating way.
Antony Grey criticizes the various rhetorics of sexual discussion, and points at the ways in which language often becomes a stumbling-block to mutual understanding and happiness.
He calls for a thorough overhaul of sexual discourse, to pave the way for greater realism.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:156 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:25/11/1993
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- ISBN:9781441126894
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:156 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:25/11/1993
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- ISBN:9781441126894