Progay/Antigay - The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality

Issues such as lesbians and gay men serving openly in the military, same-sex marriage and the inclusion of sexual orientation in anti-discrimination and hate crime laws have evolved along with the rival progay and anitgay communities. As a result of public policy debates, the U. S. progay movement has moved toward an essentialist, non-sexual identity while traditionalists have shifted toward a secular public self-representation. This book analyzes the internal disagreements within the two movements.

List of contents

Introduction
Public Policy Debate about Variant Sexuality
Emergence of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture
Analysis of Communication in Contests over Variant Sexuality
Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses
Antagonistic Construction of Identity and Conflict
Debate within Communities
Same-Sex Marriage
A Case Study
Criticism of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture

Summary

Examines how the progay movement has moved toward an essentialist, non-sexual identify, while the antigay traditionalists have shifted towards secular public self-representation.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes, Russel R. Winds
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2000
• EAN: 9780761916475
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1647-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Rhetoric and Society; Rhetoric and Society; Rhetoric & Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories