Publications
Publication details [#66894]
Hall, Kira. 2019. Middle class timelines: Ethnic humor and sexual modernity in Delhi. Language in Society 48 (4) : 491–517. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
The rise of India's global economy has reinforced a perception of English as a language of sexual modernity within the expanding middle classes. This paper examines this perception in the multilingual humor of Hindi-speaking Delhi youth marginalized for sexual and gender difference.