Negotiating identity : the construction and communication of a lesbigay existence /
actively trying to include lesbians and gay men alike, this
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | actively trying to include lesbians and gay men alike, this and how the men and women negotiate their differences within community fostered by a gay and lesbian student organization. community offers an instance of a unified community within constructionist framework that recognizes the complex, employs an ethnographic approach (through in-depth identity are recognized and negotiated within the lesbigay individualistic nuances of these individuals' roles, and interactive. The thesis is informed by a social interviewing) to understand the differing perceptions of lesbigay identity. members. The term "negotiate" is used to indicate that the negotiate and manage their identities. The primary focus is on the processes by which individual members negotiate and perform their identities within the lesbigay community, processes of identity formation are reflexive and rather than the product of the interaction between and among reflexive processes by which differing perceptions of The central goal of this research project is to explore the the common space that they are "forced" to share. By the study pays special heed to differences along gender lines which to explore the manner in which lesbians and gay men With regard to the varying perceptions of lesbigay identity, |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Speech Communication". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 150 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |