This book examines the discourse of judges and attorneys, and legislators and citizens as they debated whether same-sex couples should be permitted to marry. Karen Tracy shows that change in Americans' attitudes occurred concurrently with changes in speakers' language use that went from framing sexual orientation as a "lifestyle " to talking about gays and lesbians as a category of citizen.
This book examines the discourse of judges and attorneys, and legislators and citizens as they debated whether same-sex couples should be permitted to marry. Karen Tracy shows that change in Americans' attitudes occurred concurrently with changes in speakers' language use that went from framing sexual orientation as a "lifestyle " to talking about gays and lesbians as a category of citizen.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Karen Tracy is Professor and Chair of Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was elected a Distinguished Scholar at the National Communication Association in 2010 and a Fellow in the International Communication Association in 2013. Tracy is a discourse analyst who studies and teaches about institutional talk, particularly in justice, academic, and governance sites.
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Acknowledgments Introduction I Discourse in State Supreme Courts 1 The Genre of Oral Argument 2 Naming of Litigants 3 Ideology in Judges' Questioning 4 Identity-Work in Judicial Opinions II Discourse in Judicial Committee Hearings 5 The Legislative Hearing Genre 6 Religion, Citizenship, and Identity in U.S. Law-Making 7 Storytelling and Social Change III Comparisons and Conclusions 8 Morality Arguments in the DOMA Legislative and Supreme Court Debates 9 Discourse, Law, and Social Change References
Acknowledgments Introduction I Discourse in State Supreme Courts 1 The Genre of Oral Argument 2 Naming of Litigants 3 Ideology in Judges' Questioning 4 Identity-Work in Judicial Opinions II Discourse in Judicial Committee Hearings 5 The Legislative Hearing Genre 6 Religion, Citizenship, and Identity in U.S. Law-Making 7 Storytelling and Social Change III Comparisons and Conclusions 8 Morality Arguments in the DOMA Legislative and Supreme Court Debates 9 Discourse, Law, and Social Change References
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