Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs
Gay Suburbia and the Grammar of Social Identity
272 pages, 2 figures 5 x 8
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2003
Cloth $54.00
ISBN: 9780226072913
Published October 2003
Paper $22.00
ISBN: 9780226072920
Published October 2003
1 Gay Suburbanites: A Case Study in the Grammar and Microecology of Social Identity 2 "Everything about Me Is Gay": Identity Peacocks 3 "You Have to Drive Somewhere Just to Be Gay": Identity Chameleons 4 "Gay Defines Only a Small Part of Me": Identity Centaurs 5 Contested Grammars: Gay Identity Disputes 6 Shifting Grammars: Lifecourse Changes in and Structural Constraints on Identity Management 7 Vegan Peacocks, Christian Chameleons, and Soccer Mom Centaurs: Identity Grammar beyond Gay Identity 8 Duration Disputes: Identity Stability vs. Identity Mobility 9 Density Disputes: Identity Purity vs. Identity Moderation 10 Dominance Disputes: Identity Singularity vs. Identity Balance 11 Conclusion Appendix: Grounded Theory and Analytic Fieldwork References Index
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