Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualityIssues 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 U. S. 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. |
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... Symbolic framing involves imposing interpretive schemata which simplify and condense experience by " selec- tively punctuating and encoding objects , situations , events , experiences , and sequences of actions with one's present or ...
... Symbolic framing involves imposing interpretive schemata which simplify and condense experience by " selec- tively punctuating and encoding objects , situations , events , experiences , and sequences of actions with one's present or ...
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... symbolic acts present in progay / antigay conflict , we strive to limit ourselves to the premises that ( a ) all constructions of meaning are contingent results of historical circumstances and ( b ) constructions of re- ality as they ...
... symbolic acts present in progay / antigay conflict , we strive to limit ourselves to the premises that ( a ) all constructions of meaning are contingent results of historical circumstances and ( b ) constructions of re- ality as they ...
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... symbolic devices that characterize this discourse " ( pp . 1-2 ) . In an issue culture , advocates organize symbolic actions into clusters so that they are perceived not as individual symbols but as " interpretive packages ” ( p . 2 ) ...
... symbolic devices that characterize this discourse " ( pp . 1-2 ) . In an issue culture , advocates organize symbolic actions into clusters so that they are perceived not as individual symbols but as " interpretive packages ” ( p . 2 ) ...
Contents
Emergence of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture | 1 |
Analysis of Communication in Contests | 35 |
Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Limited preview - 2000 |
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