Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualityCombining humanistic rhetorical criticism with social scientific concepts, Ralph R. Smith and Russel R. Windes examine how the discourse of the progay/antigay debate shapes the self-understanding and strategies of the two opposing sides. The struggle over issues such as lesbians and gay men serving openly in the military, same-sex marriage, and inclusion of "sexual orientation" in anti-discrimination and hate crime laws have evolved along with the development of rival progay and traditionalist antigay communities. In the process of presenting their arguments to the wider society, the two sides exercise extraordinary influence on each other. As a result of the public policy debates, the progay movement has moved toward an essentialist, non-sexual identity, while the traditionalists have shifted toward a secular public self-representation. Progay/Antigay also analyzes the internal disagreements within the two movements. The same-sex marriage debate illustrates important dimensions of the contest over sexuality. The authors examine rhetorical strategy and counter-strategy in this specific institutional context. Progay/Antigay also discusses how the study of the variant sexuality issue provides the opportunity to assess paths for reconciliation and to judge concepts of political pluralism and multiculturalism. |
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... believe to be inalienable, including the right of all citizens to discover for themselves their sexual orientation, and then to embrace beliefs and behaviors which reflect both that discovery and their inalienable right of choice.
... of collective behavior which advances beyond ideology, social strain, and resource mobilization. The “Human Barnyard” cannot be described through theories which solely concern formal belief, social dislocation, or rational actors.
We have adopted a view which denies a “real” identity existing in advance of communication, believing that every aspect of human interaction—agent, agency, act, scene, and purpose-are problematic because, as Charland states, ...
... the formulation of more substantive appeals, a rethinking of identity claims, and a deeper appreciation of the fundamental challenges which attempts at moral persuasion make to beliefs about how society ought to be constituted.
Instead, we are focusing on the political aspects of the culture, including those fundamental beliefs which undergird the appeals and strategies which recurrently are expressed in the variant sexuality controversy.
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Chapter 2 Analysis of Communication in Contests Over Variant Sexuality | 35 |
Chapter 3 Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses | 57 |
Chapter 4 Antagonistic Construction of Identity and Conflict | 93 |
Chapter 5 Debate Within Communities | 127 |
A Case Study | 155 |
Chapter 7 Criticism of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture | 181 |
References | 203 |
Index | 227 |
About the Authors | 239 |
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Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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| Título | Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Rhetoric and Society series |
| Autores | Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1452263728, 9781452263724 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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