Date:  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:38:52 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: gender vocabulary



>I have a student who is doing a paper on terms for masculinity and

>femininity and people who exhibit varying levels of each. It would

>include terms for homosexuals. She is looking at the depth of the

>semantic field, for one thing, among gays and lesbians vs. straight

>informants and is trying to work from a discourse analysis point of view.

>

>Does anyone have references on this topic that you will share with us?

>

>Thanks, Ellen Johnson ellenj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]atlas.uga.edu



I don't have any, but the Chaucerians were worried about the same kind

semantic spectrum in regard to characters and Chaucer himself in Dublin

last year. The worry is part of queer theory.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu