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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... Public opinion . 3. Gay rights . 4. Rhetoric . I. Windes , Russel R. ( Russel Rayl ) , 1930- II . Title . III . Rhetoric & society ( Thousand Oaks , Calif . ) ; v . 4 . HQ75.15 .S6 2000 306.76'6 - dc21 99-050766 00 ... Public Policy Debate.
... Public Policy Debate About Variant Sexuality 1. Emergence of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture 2. Analysis of Communication in Contests Over Variant Sexuality vii xi 1 35 3. Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses 57 4 ...
... social science and humanism are untenable . I say that as an essentialist . I say it also as an anti - essentialist . Herbert W. Simons Series Editor Introduction Public Policy Debate About Variant Sexuality Homosexuality is an Foreword ix.
... Public Policy Debate About Variant Sexuality Homosexuality is an increasingly prominent subject of public policy discussion in the United States and other Western nations . In recent years , debates over measures to protect and extend ...
... public policy struggles over variant sexuality have been previously surveyed , most notably by legal scholar Didi Herman ( 1994 ) and by journalists John Gallagher and Christopher Bull ( 1996 ) . They each investigate the patterns of ...
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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 |