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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... American public accept homo- sexuality as ' an alternative life style ' " ( p . 20 ) . Rueda ( 1982 ) provides an explanation for this attempt by elites to corrupt American attitudes by ar- guing that the " ostensibly widespread support ...
... American public accept homo- sexuality as ' an alternative life style ' " ( p . 20 ) . Rueda ( 1982 ) provides an explanation for this attempt by elites to corrupt American attitudes by ar- guing that the " ostensibly widespread support ...
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... American mainline religious com- munities as a symbolic contest between competing interpretations . Unpublished ... American society . New York : Simon & Schuster . Bayer , R. ( 1981 ) . Homosexuality and American psychiatry : The ...
... American mainline religious com- munities as a symbolic contest between competing interpretations . Unpublished ... American society . New York : Simon & Schuster . Bayer , R. ( 1981 ) . Homosexuality and American psychiatry : The ...
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... Americans : A Mormon example . Urbana , IL : University of Illinois Press . Railsback , C. C. ( 1984 ) . The contemporary American abortion controversy : Stages in the argument . Quarterly Journal of Speech , 70 , 410-424 . Rattansi , A ...
... Americans : A Mormon example . Urbana , IL : University of Illinois Press . Railsback , C. C. ( 1984 ) . The contemporary American abortion controversy : Stages in the argument . Quarterly Journal of Speech , 70 , 410-424 . Rattansi , A ...
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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