Outspeak : narrating identities that matter / Sean P. O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, Sean P., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Identity.

Gay men.

Lesbians--Identity.

Lesbians.

Gender identity--Philosophy.

Gender identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xxii, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Contents:

1 Coping with Chaos in Pluralist America: Between Gender Oppression and the Foreclosure of Meaning 1

Power Relations: Foucault 6

Truth as Dis-closure: Heidegger, Ricoeur, and Gadamer 28

2 Hearing Gay Voices: Toward Building Community in a Pluralist Society 39

Testifying to What It Means to Be Gay: McNeill and Evans 43

The Nature of Testimony: Disclosing and Foreclosing Possibilities for Being in the World 47

3 Claiming One's Identity: A Constructivist/Narrativist Approach 73

The Constructed Character of Gender Identity: Ricoeur and Butler 76

The Narrative Character of Gender Identity: Ricoeur and Butler 82

4 Speaking What Has Yet to Be Said: The Call for Giving Voice to Responsive Narratives and to Hearing beyond Them 93

The Story: Narrative Constructions 99

Can We Talk? 103

The Story: Narrative Response-ability 131

Levinas: Epilogue/Supplement (?) 138

5 Conflicting Stories/Controlling Narratives 149

Stories That Marginalize Gays and Lesbians 149

Reclaiming the Story: The Interplay of Sedimentation and Innovation 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.

ISBN:

0791447375

0791447383

OCLC:

43118248