The Queens' English - by Chloe O Davis (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Queen's English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language--an intersectional, inclusive, playfully illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms and fabulous phrases created by and for queer culture.</b> <p/>Do you know where yaaaas queen! comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA+ stand for? <p/><i>The Queens' English</i> is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture. This modern dictionary provides an in-depth look at queer language, from terms influenced by celebrated lesbian poet Sappho and from New York's underground queer ball culture in the 1980s to today's celebration of <i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i>. <p/>The glossary of terms is supported by full-color illustrations and photography throughout, as well as real-life usage examples for those who don't quite know how to use kiki, polysexual, or transmasculine in a sentence. A series of educational lessons highlight key people and events that shaped queer language; readers will learn the linguistic importance of pronouns, gender identity, Stonewall, the Harlem Renaissance, and more. <p/>For every queen in your life--the men, women, gender non-conforming femmes, butches, daddies, and zaddies--<i>The Queens' English</i> is at once an education and a celebration of queer history, identity, and the limitless imagination of the LGBTQIA+ community.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Chloe Davis's delightfully informative, succinct, helpful and playful dictionary of more than 800 LGBTQIA+ words and fabulous phrases is truly 'sickening' (defined within as 'astonishingly impressive'). . . .<i> The Queens' English</i> is as much a glossary as it is a dazzling art book, boasting colorful and engaging art and illustrations on every page."<b>--ShelfAwareness</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Chloe O. Davis</b> is a debut author who works in the entertainment industry in New York. A graduate of Hampton University and Temple University, she has centered her creative platform on amplifying the narratives of Black culture and heightening the awareness of the LGBTQIA+ community. Davis's work as a dancer, actor, and creative has allowed her to travel to all fifty states and internationally where she has spent fifteen years researching, writing and creating <i>The Queens' English: The Dictionary For LGBTQIA+ Lingo and Colloquial Phrases</i>.
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