Queer Words, Queer Images Communication and the Construction of Homosexuality / edited by R. Jeffrey Ringer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ringer, R. Jeffrey, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolism in communication.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 1994

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The logic of folly in the political campaigns of Harvey Milk / Karen A. Foss -- On the owning of words: reflections of San Francisco arts and athletics vs. United States Olympic committee / Paul Siegel -- Die non: gay liberation and the rhetoric of pure tolerance / James Darsey -- Reflections on gay and lesbian rhetoric / James W. Chesebro -- Guilt by association: homosexuality and AIDS on prime-time television / Emile C. Netzhammer and Scott A. Shamp -- Whose desire? Lesbian (non)sexuality and television's perpetuation of hetero/sexism / Darlene M. Hantzis and Valerie Lehr -- Old strategies for new texts : how American television is creating and treating lesbian characters / Marguerite J. Moritz -- What is wrong with this picture? Lesbian women and gay men on television / Larry Gross -- A portrait of the adolescent as a young gay: the politics of male homosexuality in young adult fiction / Kirk Fuoss -- Self as other: the politics of identity in the works of Edmund White / Nicholas F. Radel -- Female athlete = lesbian : a myth constructed from gendex [sic] role expectations and lesbiphobia / Karen Peper -- The politics of self and other / Lynn C. Miller -- Self-disclosure behaviors of the stigmatized: strategies and outcomes for the revelation of sexual orientation / Timothy Edgar -- Gender and relationship crises : contrasting reasons, responses, and relational orientations / Julia T. Wood -- Gay and lesbian couple relationships / Mary Anne Fitzpatrick [and others] -- Reflections on interpersonal communication in gay and lesbian relationships / Dorothy S. Painter -- Performing the (lesbian) self : teacher as text / Jacqueline Taylor -- Coming out to students: notes from the college classroom / Elenie Opffer -- Coming out in the classroom: faculty disclosures of sexuality / R. Jeffrey Ringer -- Ways of coming out in the classroom / Mercilee M. Jenkins.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Logic of Folly in the Political Campaigns of Harvey Milk

2. On the Owning of Words: Reflections on San Francisco Arts and Athletics vs. United States Olympic Committee

3. Die Non: Gay Liberation and the Rhetoric of Pure Tolerance

4. Reflections on Gay and Lesbian Rhetoric

5. Guilt by Association: Homosexuality and AIDS on Prime-Time Television

6. Whose Desire? Lesbian (Non)Sexuality and Television's Perpetuation of Hetero/Sexism

7. Old Strategies for New Texts: How American Television Is Creating and Treating Lesbian Characters

8. What Is Wrong with This Picture? Lesbian Women and Gay Men on Television

9. A Portrait of the Adolescent as a Young Gay: The Politics of Male Homosexuality in Young Adult Fiction

10. Self as Other: The Politics of Identity in the Works of Edmund White

11. Female Athlete = Lesbian: A Myth Constructed from Gendex Role Expectations and Lesbiphobia

12. The Politics of Self and Other

13. Self-Disclosure Behaviors of the Stigmatized: Strategies and Outcomes for the Revelation of Sexual Orientation

14. Gender and Relationship Crises: Contrasting Reasons, Responses, and Relational Orientations

15. Gay and Lesbian Couple Relationships

16. Reflections on Interpersonal Communication in Gay and Lesbian Relationships

17. Performing the (Lesbian) Self: Teacher as Text

18. Coming Out to Students: Notes from the College Classroom

19. Coming Out in the Classroom: Faculty Disclosures of Sexuality

20. Ways of Coming Out in the Classroom

Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814769447

0814769446

OCLC:

906965261