TY - BOOK AU - Grindstaff,Davin Allen TI - Rhetorical secrets: mapping gay identity and queer resistance in contemporary America T2 - Rhetoric, culture, and social critique SN - 9780817387600 AV - HQ76.2.U5 G75 2006eb U1 - 306.76/620973 22 PY - 2006///] CY - Tuscaloosa PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Gay men KW - United States KW - Identity KW - Male homosexuality KW - Rhetoric KW - Social aspects KW - Homosexuels masculins KW - États-Unis KW - Identité (Psychologie) KW - Homosexualité masculine KW - Rhétorique KW - Aspect social KW - Identité KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - fast KW - Homosexueller KW - gnd KW - Geschlechtsidentität KW - Rhetorik KW - Communication KW - Aspect politique KW - ram KW - Hétérosexualité KW - Influence KW - Subculture KW - USA KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - "In Part One of this book, Davin Allen 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. In Part Two, Grindstaff examines major issues related to contemporary conceptions of gay male identity."--Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=777509 ER -