Constructing (non-)normative identities in written lesbian discourse: A diachronic study  

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Koller, Veronika

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse and Society (Full Text) vol. 24 no. 5 (Sep. 2013), page 572.
Topik: Collective identity; heteronormativity; homonormativity; in-group; lesbian discourse; out-group; queer linguistics; social cognition
Fulltext: Discourse Society-2013-Koller-572-89.pdf (869.22KB)

Isi artikel

This article provides an analysis of two texts written from a lesbian subject position at different points in recent history, to show how the authors construct (non-)normative ingroup representations. The study is based on theoretical notions from discourse theory, queer theory and social cognition research, and uses a mostly data-driven analytical approach. The two texts, a manifesto and a journal article, are investigated to see how they use nomination and predication to construct in- and out-group representations, to what extent these identities are non-normative and why they are constructed in this particular way. Results show a stark demarcation of a positive, non-complex in-group from a negative, equally non-complex out-group in the earlier text, which contrasts with a more differentiated and less uniformly positive in-group representation in the later text. This is explained with the respective socio-political context, and the earlier text is interpreted as promoting a more explicitly normative in-group representation.

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