{"product_id":"language-and-desire-keith-harvey-9780415136921","title":"Language and Desire: Encoding Sex, Romance and Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis original and intriguing collection explores the pressures exerted upon language in the expression of romantic and sexual desire. Simultaneously, it reveals the ways in which language itself exerts its own constraints on the subject's capacity to express desire.\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors, while using the approaches and methods of empirical linguistics, engage directly with issues of relevance in gender studies and cultural studies. They examine and probe: \u003cbr\u003e* language used to mediate romantic and sexual desire\u003cbr\u003e* language used by the media to represent intimacy and desire\u003cbr\u003e* attitudes and assumptions about romantic and sexual desire embodied in English\u003cbr\u003e* implications for the construction of romantic and sexual identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041513692X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415136921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.13w x 0.76d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keith Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45264986603775,"sku":"9780415136921","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d36d4ec6-5642-4a15-ac95-b87159dbd7a4.jpg?v=1713419825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-and-desire-keith-harvey-9780415136921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}