Remembering Matthew Shepard
Violence, Identity, and Queer Counterpublic Memories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12465409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Dunn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 611-651 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetoric and Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-8392 • E-ISSN: 1534-5238 |
| Publisher | Michigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/41940504 |
| OpenAlex | W4313194586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
More than ten years after his death, Matthew Shepard is still remembered prominently in LGBT discourse. This discourse has been used to defy heteronormative characterizations of violence, confirm gay and lesbian identity, and to "queer" rigid notions of community. Tracing Shepard s memory through three contested memory frames, I argue for an expanded perspective of queer counterpublic memories and the strategic use of public memories by counterpublics
Aesthetics · Art · Collective memory · Identity (music · Lesbian · Media studies · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Queer · Sociology · Transgender · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |