Grassroots literacies : lesbian and gay activism and the internet in Turkey / Serkan Görkemli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1: Legato in Turkey: Literacy, Media, and Global Sexualities; Legato Overview; The Globalization of Lesbian and Gay Identities, Transnational Rhetorics, and Literacy; Literacies and Sponsors: Sexuality, Community, and Technology; Methodology and Chapter Descriptions; 2: From Queer Empire to Heterosexual Republic: Modernity, Homosexuality, and Media; The Complexity of Sexuality in the Middle East; Same-Sex Desire and Practices in the Ottoman Empire; Sexuality and Media in the Republic of Turkey.

The Emergence of Community Media: Kaos GL and Its Critique of Mass Media Representations of HomosexualityCollegiate Lesbian and Gay Visual Rhetoric; Print Media and the Public's Attitudes toward Homosexuality in Turkey in the 2000s; Media Representations and Lesbian and Gay Agency; 3: Coming Out and Legato Members' Narratives of Sexual Literacy; Methods; Ünal; Bilal; Nalan; Umut; Deniz; Gateways, Sponsors, and the Accumulation of Sexual Literacies; The Gateways and Sponsors of Lesbian and Gay Literacies; The Gateways and Sponsors of Heterosexual Literacy; Coming Out, Literacy, and Community.

4: Paper Tigers in Digital Closets? Lesbian and Gay Activism, the Internet, and Community LiteracyCommunity, Literacy, and the Turkish Political Context; Local LGBT Advocacy Organizations, Legato, and the Internet; Zeynep: Kaos GL, Legato METU, and Daughters of Sappho; Ünal: Kaos GL, Halega, Gay Ankara, and Legato; Deniz: Lambda Istanbul and Legato; Initiation and Membership at Established Organizations and the Origins of LGBT Students' Self-Organizing.

The Emergence of Subgroups (Computer-Mediated Initiation and Membership) and Their Internet-Mediated Positioning in Relation to the Host OrganizationLegato's Multiple Dis/Placements: The "Official Versus Unofficial" Controversy; In Search of a "Place": The "Activism Versus Friendship" Controversy and Legato Versus Lambda Istanbul; An Organizational Confusion: Daughters of Sappho Versus Bilitis and Legato Versus Legato?; Legato "Technical" E-Mail List; Legato Members' "Going Public": The Modes and Metaphors of Community Literacy; 5: Literacies, Sexualities, and Transnational Rhetorics.

Beyond LegatoGlobal Queering and Transnational Literacy Regarding Sexualities in the Middle East; Appendix A: Interview Questions; Introductory Information; Interview Questions; Joining Legato; After Joining Legato; General Computer Access (Technological and Historical); Access to Legato Student Mailing Lists; Mailing List Use; Awareness; Overall; Legato Web Site; Knowledge of Languages; University Context; Legato and the Internet; Interview Questions-Mailing List Moderator(s); Moderator; Mailing List Membership Procedures; Code of Conduct; Violations of the Code of Conduct.

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