'I never felt more uncomfortable in my life': University students' discursive constructions of 'the lesbian convention'
| Autor: | Laura Shue O'hara, Marcy Meyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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| Zdroj: | Communication Studies. 54:137-153 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1035 1051-0974 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10510970309363276 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we draw from the body of theories on the discursive construction of prejudice to examine the communicative strategies that university students employ to manage their talk about lesbian women who visited their campus during a women's music festival. We found that, although students used a number of strategies that communicate heterosexism subtly, the students relied more often on strategies that communicate heterosexism in blatant ways‐a finding that contradicts much of what has been written about the discursive construction of prejudice. We theorize that these findings are, in part, due to the methods we used to gather data: No researcher was present during the discussions. We conclude that this methodology may be useful for teaching students the powerful nature of discourse in the perpetuation of prejudice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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