Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men by Paul Baker

Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men

Routledge Studies in Linguistics

Paul Baker

224 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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