Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualityCombining 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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... 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. Antagonistic Construction of Identity and ...
... sexuality and sex / gender politics , ( b ) political communication and rhetoric , ( c ) so- cial movements and collective identity . I began the Rhetoric & Society series for Sage with a ... Variant Sexuality Homosexuality is an Foreword ix.
The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes. Introduction Public Policy Debate About Variant Sexuality Homosexuality is an increasingly prominent subject of public policy discussion in the United States and other ...
... variant sexuality . Our intent is not definitively to sur- vey this debate ... variant sexuality have been previously surveyed , most notably by legal scholar Didi ... issues . With reference to the dynamic of adversarial influence , we ...
The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes. domains ... gay people and their opponents - who they are and what they want - do not exist prior to communication , but come into existence ... variant xiv PROGAY / ANTIGAY.
Contents
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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 |