Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker
- Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language
- Paul Baker
- Page: 320
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781789141320
- Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language
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Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution—or worse—Polari offered its speakers a degree of public camouflage, a way of expressing humor, and a means of identification and of establishing a community. Its roots are colorful and varied—from thieves’ Cant to Lingua Franca and prostitutes’ slang—and in the mid-1960s it was thrust into the limelight by the characters Julian and Sandy, voiced by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams, on the BBC radio show Round the Horne: “Oh Mr. Horne, how bona to vada your dolly old eke!”
In Fabulosa!, Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition, and tenderness. He traces its historical origins and describes its linguistic nuts and bolts, exploring the ways and the environments in which it was spoken, the reasons for its decline, and its unlikely reemergence in the twenty-first century. With a cast of drag queens and sailors, Dilly boys and macho clones, Fabulosa! is an essential document of recent history and a fascinating and fantastically readable account of this funny, filthy, and ingenious language.
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Oh Mr Horne, how bona to vada your dolly old eke!'). With a cast of drag queens and sailors, Dilly boys and macho clones, Fabulosa! Paul Baker recounts the
Fabulosa!: the story of Polari, Britain's secret gay language by Paul
Older readers might remember the radio comedy Round the Horne which featured the rather camp Kenneth Williams and others, which had a
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language: Paul
Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution-- or
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language: Paul
Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution— or
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language
Polari was a language used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal
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