Queering marriage: An ideographic interrogation of heteronormative subjectivity

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 45, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 257-275

  Grindstaff, Davin ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical rhetoric; Gay male identity; Heteronormativity; Ideograph; Performativity; Resistance; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MASOCHISM; MONOGAMY; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344874596     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n02_12     Document Type: Article

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