Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualitySAGE Publications, 2000 M02 3 - 264 páginas Combining 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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... groups generate " interpretive packages , " collections of collec- tively held ways of seeing and of arguing that , as Smith and Windes put it , are " forged in the crucible of reciprocal antagonism . " " Rhetoric " is an old word ...
... with one an- other , or become identified with groups more or less at odds with one an- other " ( p . 22 ) . We seek to travel what Burke identified as the necessary path of persuasion , into " the Scramble , the xii PROGAY / ANTIGAY.
... groups ideologi- cally but they proffer , buttress , and embellish identities that range from collaborative to conflictual " ( p . 185 ) . Both progay and antigay advocates have created a range of identities in order to accomplish ...
... groups working for and against public policy reforms favorable to gay and lesbian persons resemble one another in their strategies and their location in the political system ( Gallagher & Bull , 1996 , p . xiv ) . In this view , each ...
... groups which coordinate their personal interpreting behaviors ) . The concept of issue culture ( the textual practices which become relatively fixed in discussion of a public question ) allows us to focus on language and social ...
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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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |