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Are We Thinking Straight? - The Politics of Straightness in a Lesbian Gay Social Movement

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext Delphi 3> Entwicklung leistungsfähiger Anwendungen und Komponenten Informationen zum Autor Daniel K. Cortese is an Assistant Professor at Governors State University, where he conducts research on the social psychological and sociological processes of identity construction, and how organizations strategically shape collective identities through culture. As a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, he analyzed thousands of previously secret tobacco industry documents and tobacco industry-produced lifestyle magazines to detail the tobacco industry’s strategic use of identity in their marketing strategies to target young adults. Dr. Cortese’s research is published in Social Science & Medicine , Journal of Adolescent Health , and Men & Masculinities . Klappentext This book highlights the strategic deployment of a straight identity by an LGBT organization. Cortese explores the ways in which activists strategically use a "straight" identity as a social movement tool in order to successfully achieve the movement objectives. Zusammenfassung This book highlights the strategic deployment of a straight identity by an LGBT organization. Cortese explores the ways in which activists strategically use a "straight" identity as a social movement tool in order to successfully achieve the movement objectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. Theory and Research Methods  3. Organizational Diversity in SAGA  4. God is on Our Side: The Mission of SAGA  5. No Joking about the "S" in SAGA: "Straight" Strategy  6.. Political Environments Shape Identity Deployment  7. Straight Ahead and Moving Forward...

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Authors Daniel K. Cortese, Cortese Daniel K.
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.01.2006
 
EAN 9780415977012
ISBN 978-0-415-97701-2
No. of pages 228
Series New Approaches in Sociology
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics

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