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In: | Discourse & Society, 24, 2013, 5, p. 572-589 |
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SAGE Publications
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 572-589 |
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ISSN: |
0957-9265
1460-3624 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0957926513486166 |
published in: | Discourse & Society |
Language: | English |
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Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This article provides an analysis of two texts written from a lesbian subject position at different points in recent history, to show how the authors construct (non-)normative in-group representations. The study is based on theoretical notions from discourse theory, queer theory and social cognition research, and uses a mostly data-driven analytical approach. The two texts, a manifesto and a journal article, are investigated to see how they use nomination and predication to construct in- and out-group representations, to what extent these identities are non-normative and why they are constructed in this particular way. Results show a stark demarcation of a positive, non-complex in-group from a negative, equally non-complex out-group in the earlier text, which contrasts with a more differentiated and less uniformly positive in-group representation in the later text. This is explained with the respective socio-political context, and the earlier text is interpreted as promoting a more explicitly normative in-group representation. </jats:p> |