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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... nature of communication about variant sexuality has been fundamentally al- tered . Legal scholar Janet Halley ( 1994 ) correctly concludes : The closet no longer reigns in solitary splendor . . . . Its door now opens di- rectly onto the ...
... nature and effects of oppositional relationships occurring in public policy struggles over variant sexuality have been previously surveyed , most notably by legal scholar Didi Herman ( 1994 ) and by journalists John Gallagher and ...
... nature of the subjects that rhetoric both address and leads to come to be " ( p . 148 ) . We have adopted a view which denies a " real " identity existing in advance of communication , believing that every aspect of human interaction ...
... natural facts or faith commitments to a supernatural order- ing of the universe . To use philosopher Ian Hacking's ( 1999 ) typology of the varieties of social constructionism , we have taken historicist and ironic stances toward ...
... nature of this opportunity is captured in social scientist Pierre Bourdieu's ( 1994 ) distinction between " doxa ... natural or connected character ... of social facts can be raised " ( p . 164 ) . Consequently , the " dominated classes ...
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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 |