Challenging heteronormativity
Recontextualizing references to members of gay male and lesbian couples
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian L Heisterkamp (0000-0002-2931-8739, California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-60 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-3770 • E-ISSN: 2211-3789 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jls.5.1.02hei |
| OpenAlex | W2299470429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 49 |
Because gay male and lesbian couples have broken from the heteronormative binary of cross-sex relationships, it is necessary to examine the conversational practices used by gay men and lesbians to refer to members of same-sex couples. While gay and lesbian couples use typical reference terms for romantic partners, I contend that this use challenges heteronormative language assumptions because these conversationalists apply the termslover,partner, andboyfriend/girlfriendto reference co-couple members of same-sex couples, not cross-sex couples. They recontextualize terms normatively associated with reference to cross-sex romantic partners. I used conversation analysis to examine the data, which includes transcriptions of video and audio recordings of gay male and lesbian couples interacting in home environments. The findings suggest that reference terms are recontextualized beyond their heteronormative boundaries
Conversation · Heteronormativity · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Sociology · Communication · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Conversation Analysis
Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis
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Some Practices for Referring to Persons in Talk-in-Interaction
The developmental cycle in domestic groups
Talk at work
Language and Gender
Language and Sexuality
Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis
Challenge’ or ‘collaboration’ social interaction and recontextualization
Focusing on Normativity in Language and Sexuality Studies
Constructing and Contesting Discourses of Heteronormativity
The discursive production of everyday heterosexualities
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Queer Linguistic approaches to discourse
Speaking as a Heterosexual
Speaking as a Lesbian
The Distribution of Person-Referring Expressions in Natural Conversation
That's So Gay’
Can You Be Gay and Lesbian in Australian English
Fairy Tales
Introduction
Two uses of third-person references in family gatherings displaying family ties
Couples sharing stories
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Intergroup communication schemas
Same-Sex Marriage and Context-Specific Kinship Terms
Non-observance of Gricean maxims in family dinner table conversation
On Ethnomethodology, Feminism, and the Analysis of Categorial Reference to Gender in Talk-in-Interaction
Camp talk and citationality
Gender, sexual orientation, and romantic partner influence on body image
Perceived partner uniqueness and communicative and behavioral transgression outcomes in romantic relationships
Mapping the topography of couples' daily conversation
Feminist meanings and the (de)politicization of the lexicon
Personal reference in English
Information Giving in Medical Care
Heteronormativity in Action
We Want Them to Be as Heterosexual as Possible
Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity
Family Relationships of Lesbians and Gay Men
Constituting Relationships in Talk A Taxonomy of Speech Events in Social and Personal Relationships
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |