Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualitySAGE Publications, 03.02.2000 - 264 Seiten 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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... gender politics , ( b ) political communication and rhetoric , ( c ) so- cial movements and collective identity . I began the Rhetoric & Society series for Sage with a view that a Burkeian approach to rhetoric , a “ globalized ...
... gender roles , and attitudes to sexuality in general " ( p . 2 ) . Although our attention here focuses on debate over public policy , we must bear in mind that the substance of persuasive discourse produced in these debates bubbles up ...
... gender " has the ambiguity of describing not only lesbians and gay men but cross - dressing heterosexuals . The term " bisexual " has been objected to on the grounds that it truly describes no actual sexual actors and that it ...
... gender discrepant dress □ censorship of gay / lesbian erotica and the circulation of material advocating homosexuality measures concerning exclusion from educational institutions of known ho- mosexuals , gay rights advocates , and gay ...
... gender variation . Extensive discussion of homosex- uality and its regulation is far from new in our own era . Recent works by historians George Chauncey ( 1994 ) and John Loughery ( 1998 ) make clear that coverage of the presence and ...
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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 |