Interrogating the use of LGBTQ slurs : still smearing the queer? / Meredith G. F. Worthen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Queering criminology and criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homophobia.

Transphobia.

Sexual minorities--Social conditions.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minorities--Public opinion.

Heterosexism.

Slurs.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 274 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Meredith G. F. Worthen, Ph.D. (the University of Texas at Austin, 2009), is a Professor of Sociology, elected faculty member of the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, and faculty affiliate of the Center for Social Justice at the University of Oklahoma. Her main interests are in the sociological constructions of deviance and stigma, gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ identities, as well as feminist and queer criminology. She is the author of Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Investigation of LGBTQ Stigma (Routledge, 2020) and more than fifty academic pieces.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining and explaining lgbtq slur use

Norm-centered stigma theory (NCST) and LGBTQ slurs

"Fag"/"faggot"

"Dyke"

"Tranny"

"Queer"

"No homo"

"That's so gay!"

Key findings and implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 16, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair. Interrogating the use of LGBTQ slurs

ISBN:

9781003290506

1003290507

9781003803560

1003803563

9781003803645

1003803644

Publisher Number:

40032251459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.