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10th Anniversary Issue: Reflections on the Field of Language and Sexuality Studies
Edited by William L. Leap and Heiko Motschenbacher
[Journal of Language and Sexuality 10:1] 2021
► pp. 83–92

Thickening language and sexuality studies

Multilingualism, race/ethnicity, and queerness

| University of New Hampshire , Durham, NH, USA

In this contribution to the special issue of the Journal of Language and Sexuality celebrating its 10th anniversary, I reflect on several key articles in the journal that related to my work in language and sexuality with queer, Latinx and bi/multilingual individuals and organizations, survey the field of language and sexuality today from my vantage point, and propose several directions for the future of language and sexuality studies, namely: to engage multilingualism, to question our ideologies as researchers, to grapple more deeply with intersectionality through ethnography, and to consider age more seriously.

Keywords: multilingualism, sexuality, intersectionality, ideology, ethnography, age
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Looking back at JLS
  • 3.State of the field of language and sexuality studies
  • 4.Directions for future research in language and sexuality studies
    • 4.1Acknowledge and engage multilingualism
    • 4.2Question ideologies
    • 4.3Get thick(er)
    • 4.4Time travel
  • References
Published online: 15 February 2021
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