Progay/antigay - The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality

Klappentext 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 US 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. Zusammenfassung Examines how the progay movement has moved toward an essentialist! non-sexual identify! while the antigay traditionalists have shifted towards secular public self-representation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Public Policy Debate about Variant SexualityEmergence of the Variant Sexuality Issue CultureAnalysis of Communication in Contests over Variant SexualityAppeals in Progay and Traditionalist DiscoursesAntagonistic Construction of Identity and ConflictDebate within CommunitiesSame-Sex Marriage A Case StudyCriticism of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture

Product details

• Authors: Ralph R. Smith, Ralph R. Windes Smith, Russel R. Windes, Russel R. Winds
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2000
• EAN: 9780761916468
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1646-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Rhetoric and Society; Rhetoric and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education