Reclaiming Queer: Activist and Academic Rhetorics of Resistance

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Reclaiming QueeR RhetoRic, cultuRe, and Social cRitiQue Series Editor John Louis Lucaites Editorial Board Jeffrey A. Bennett Barbara Biesecker Carole Blair Joshua Gunn Robert Hariman Debra Hawhee Steven Mailloux Raymie E. McKerrow Toby Miller Phaedra C. Pezzullo Austin Sarat Janet Staiger Barbie Zelizer Reclaiming QueeR Activist & AcAdemic RhetoRics OF ResistAnce eRin J. RAnd the univeRSity of alabama PReSS tuScalooSa Copyright © 2014 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487–0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Minion Pro Cover photograph: Copyright © Jorge Salcedo | Dreamstime.com Cover design: Michele Myatt Quinn ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rand, Erin J., 1974– Reclaiming queer : activist and academic rhetorics of resistance / Erin J. Rand. pages cm. — (Rhetoric, culture, and social critique) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1828-4 (trade cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 9780 -8173-8751-8 (ebook) 1. Gay rights—United States. 2. Gays— Political activity—United States. 3. Rhetoric—Political aspects. 4. Rhetoric—Social aspects. 5. Queer theory. I. Title. HQ76.8.U5R365 2014 306.7601—dc23 2013040094 ...