02445oam 22005054a 450 991046452630332120210112155008.00-8173-8760-9(CKB)3710000000111315(EBL)1687674(OCoLC)879576355(MdBmJHUP)muse38498(MiAaPQ)EBC1687674(EXLCZ)99371000000011131520051001d2006 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRhetorical Secrets[electronic resource] Mapping Gay Identity and Queer Resistance in Contemporary America /Davin Allen GrindstaffTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (205 p.)Rhetoric Culture and Social CritiqueDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1506-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-189) and index.Introduction -- The rhetorical secret -- The essential and the ethnic -- Semen and subjectivity -- Experiencing the erotic -- Coming out as contagious discourse -- Conclusion: The conditions of speaking about homosexuality.Davin Allen Grindstaff, through a series of close textual analyses examining public discourse, uncovers the rhetorical modes of persuasion surrounding the construction of gay male sexual identity. In Part One, Grindstaff establishes his notion of the ""rhetorical secret"" central to constructions of gay male identity: the practice of sexual identity as a secret, its promise of a coherent sexual self, and the perpetuation of secrecy as a product and strategy of heteronormative discourse. Grindstaff continues in Part Two to examine major issues related to contemporaryRhetoric Culture and Social CritiqueRhetoricSocial aspectsUnited StatesMale homosexualityUnited StatesGay menUnited StatesIdentityElectronic books. RhetoricSocial aspectsMale homosexualityGay menIdentity.306.76/620973Grindstaff Davin Allen1970-1027864MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910464526303321Rhetorical Secrets2443561UNINA