Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350469495)

This book takes a queer linguistic and intersectional approach to the analysis of young LGBTQ+ people's identity constructions, showing how their language use reveals their marginalisation in society.

The author develops a framework for an intersectional sociocultural linguistics (ISL) and applies it to linguistic ethnography with members of four LGBTQ+ youth groups in the UK. She shows how the young people's identities are informed by different intersecting categories (including race, class, and family situation) which influence their unique life experiences. She uses discourse analysis to explore the links between such intersections and the ways in which the young people position themselves in relation to each other, their youth group, and the wider world.

In focusing on these individual, varied identity constructions, the book provides a unique, in-depth insight into the reality of being young and LGBTQ+ today. It also reveals the need for an intersectional approach when analysing marginalised groups.

Author: Lucy Jones
ISBN-10: 1350469491
ISBN-13: 9781350469495
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2025
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d