LEADER 02445oam 22005054a 450 001 9910464526303321 005 20210112155008.0 010 $a0-8173-8760-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000111315 035 $a(EBL)1687674 035 $a(OCoLC)879576355 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1687674 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000111315 100 $a20051001d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRhetorical Secrets$b[electronic resource] $eMapping Gay Identity and Queer Resistance in Contemporary America /$fDavin Allen Grindstaff 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aRhetoric Culture and Social Critique 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1506-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-189) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aDavin Allen Grindstaff, through a series of close textual analyses examining public discourse, uncovers the rhetorical modes of persuasion surrounding the construction of gay male sexual identity. In Part One, Grindstaff establishes his notion of the ""rhetorical secret"" central to constructions of gay male identity: the practice of sexual identity as a secret, its promise of a coherent sexual self, and the perpetuation of secrecy as a product and strategy of heteronormative discourse. Grindstaff continues in Part Two to examine major issues related to contemporary 410 0$aRhetoric Culture and Social Critique 606 $aRhetoric$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMale homosexuality$zUnited States 606 $aGay men$zUnited States$xIdentity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRhetoric$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMale homosexuality 615 0$aGay men$xIdentity. 676 $a306.76/620973 700 $aGrindstaff$b Davin Allen$f1970-$01027864 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464526303321 996 $aRhetorical Secrets$92443561 997 $aUNINA