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Publication details [#66826]

Pichler, Pia. 2019. ‘He's got Jheri curls and Tims on’: Humour and indexicality as resources for authentication in young men's talk about hair and fashion style. Journal of Pragmatics 152 : 172–185.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
humor | identity construction | indexical | insulting | joking | men's language | race | ritual | teasing
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
Journal WWW
www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This article explores humour and indexicality as resources for identity construction in a group of young South London men, with a particular emphasis on the ideological meanings which are earmarked by the young men's conversational humour about hair and fashion style.