Citizenship(s), belonging and xenophobia

Ecuador and NYC

Bibliographic Data

ID2137336
AuthorsMaria Amelia Viteri, Marı́a Amelia Viteri (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume3
Issue1
Pages121-135
Publication date2014-03-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-3770 • E-ISSN: 2211-3789
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jls.3.1.06vit
OpenAlexW2036994600
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

This article uses a linguistic anthropological approach to map and analyze the relationship between constructions of gayness vis-à-vis xenophobia and media discourses around it. This article is part of a broader research study that looks at the life strategies of the Ecuadorian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in New York City in the face of exclusion resulting in xenophobia. This community's Ecuador-New York trajectory is marked not only by their identities as immigrants but also by other forms of diversity - race, class, ethnicity, migrant status and citizenship. The story of Renato, one of the Ecuadorian gay men interviewed is used as a backdrop to flesh out how language "acts" within this particular situated context

Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Face (sociological concept · Immigration · Lesbian · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racism · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Xenophobia · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multilingual Education and Policy