Discourses of Global Queer Mobility and the Mediatization of Equality

This book critically unpacks the why and how around everyday rhetorics and slogans promoting global LGBTQ equality.

List of contents

San Francisco, January 2016
1. INTRODUCTION:
THE MEDIATIZED MOBILITY OF PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND PRIDE
Cape Town, April 2016
2. ‘EQUALITY ON THE SEA’: INTERROGATING LGBTQ PRIVILEGE IN THE TOURISM DISCOURSE OF 'AFRICA'S GAY CAPITAL'
3. REPRESENTING THE SPECTRUM: THE DISCURSIVE PRODUCTION OF QUEER HETEROTOPIA AT AN LGBTQ TOURISM CONVENTION
London, June 2016
4. COUNTING ‘THE COST OF DISCRIMINATION’: MANAGING LGBTQ DIVERSITY AT THE ECONOMIST’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
5. SLOGANIZING AND 'MATERIALIZING' EQUALITY: SCALES OF SOLIDARITY IN THE DISCOURSE OF TRANSNATIONAL LGBTQ ADVOCACY
Sydney, February 2017
6. CONCLUSION: QUEER COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE SCALING OF UTOPIA
Melbourne, August 2020

About the author

Joseph Comer completed his PhD in English Linguistics (Language and Communication) at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2019. He is now an associated researcher with the Centre for the Study of Language and Society at the University of Bern.

Summary

This book critically unpacks the why and how around everyday rhetorics and slogans promoting global LGBTQ equality.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Comer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032072838
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207283-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General