Title Polari-- the lost language of gay men / Paul Baker.

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Description	1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations.
	text file
Series	Routledge studies in linguistics ; 1
	Routledge studies in linguistics ; 1.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-208) and index.
Contents	""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""
Summary	Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous stigmatised and itinerant groups, Polari was also a means of socialising, acting out camp performances and reconstructing a shared gay identity and worldview among its speakers. This book examines the ways in which Polari was used in order to construct 'gay identities', linking its evolution to the changing status of gay men and lesbians in the UK over the past fifty years.
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Subject	Polari.
	Polari.
	Gay men -- Great Britain -- Language.
	Gay men.
	Great Britain.
	English language -- Great Britain -- Slang.
	English language.
	Slang.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Gay men.
Other Form:	Print version: Baker, Paul, 1972- Polari-- the lost language of gay men. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002072634
ISBN	020316704X (electronic book)
	9780203167045 (electronic book)
	9780415261807 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	0415261805 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	0415261805 (Cloth)