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Carnal Languages: Interdisciplinary Issues in Sexual Communication

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Availability:In StockContributor:Piero Toto, Mirco CostacurtaSeries:Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and SexualityPublish date:5/25/2026Pages:420
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783032212917ISBN-10:303221291XUPC:9783032212917Book Category:Social Science, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Translating & Interpreting, AnthropologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCGCDN01EN
This edited volume explores the multifaceted dimensions of sexuality and its expressions through a range of social contexts. The authors investigate language(s) and bodies as vessels for research as postulated by carnal sociology (Wacquant, 2005), exploring the intricate relationship between language, sexuality and the mediatisation of the latter (De Ridder, 2017) and focusing on how these elements intertwine to shape our understanding of sexual narratives, sexual health, sex positivity, and sexual identities. Questions raised in this volume include:

    What are contemporary forms of gatekeeping in translation and ethnographic practices when dealing with sexual content?
  • How does censorship in communication affect the representation of sexualities?
  • How is sexuality presented in translation and ethnographic studies?
  • Which innovative methods are being used in translation and ethnography when studying bodies and Others?
The authors explore how sexuality and desire manifest, along with their potential biases and resulting knowledge gaps, through practical methods, established best practices and lived-experience testimonies from diverse backgrounds. They examine the translation of sexual terms across several loci of expression (e.g. audiovisual translation, literature, digital sexual identities); discriminatory uses of language and censorship; and ethnographic experiences concerning sex, gender, desire and intimacy. This book will be relevant to professionals and researchers in the fields of Translation/Literary Studies and Ethnography/Social Sciences.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783032212917ISBN-10:303221291XUPC:9783032212917Book Category:Social Science, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Translating & Interpreting, AnthropologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCGCDN01EN

Piero Toto is a Senior Lecturer in Translation at London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of Queering Sexual Health Translation Pedagogy (2023) and co-editor of Gender Approaches in the Translation Classroom (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019); he has also authored articles on masculinity, queer language and translation pedagogy. He is an experienced English into Italian translator and a published bilingual poet. He is a member of the editorial teams of literary platform Atelier and lit blog Laboratori Poesia, where he translates contemporary UK poets into Italian.

Mirco Costacurta is a Research Fellow in Social Sciences at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Verona, Italy, where he works on explicit and implicit investigations of LGBTQ+ conspiracy beliefs from an intergroup and intragroup perspective. Since 2012 he has been involved in sex-positive activism and sex education for young people and adults with NGOs, such as Italian LGBT-rights advocacy network Arcigay.


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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Piero Toto, Mirco Costacurta

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