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Queer(ing) Communication Studies

Disruptions, Discussions, and Pathways

Edited by Ahmet Atay and Stephanie L. Young - Contributions by Elissa Arterburn Adame; Ahmet Atay; ben Brandley; Daniel C. Brouwer; Dana L. Cloud; Christa Craven; Marco Dehnert; Ragan Fox; Dustin Bradley Goltz; Shuzhen Huang; Angela Labador; Lore/tta LeMaster; Nina Maria Lozano; Chloé L. Nurik; Danielle M. Stern; M. Ryan Tsapatsaris; Stephanie L. Young and Jason Zingsheim

In this edited volume, contributors recognize and reflect on communication studies’ queer past and examine the current state of queer theorizing within communication studies. Through this reflection, the book fills in gaps in the history of this sub-discipline and demonstrates that even as scholars in the field empowered queer voices in the past, they often failed to recognize the intersectional aspects of queer identity, through which scholars can form new understandings of past scholarship in new queer(er) lights. Ultimately, contributors collectively provide a critique for the lack of broader inclusion of queer theorization in the field and provide new pathways for the continued development of queer communication studies.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 244 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66692-990-4 • Hardback • January 2025 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Gay Studies, Social Science / Gender Studies

Ahmet Atay is professor of global media and communication at the College of Wooster.

Stephanie L. Young is associate professor in communication studies and the director of the basic course at the University of Southern Indiana.

Chapter 1

Performativities of Queerness in Communication Studies: Three Temporal Cautions

by Dustin Bradley Goltz and Jason Zingsheim

Chapter 2:

The Absence of Asexuality in Communication Research

by ben Brandley and Elissa Adame

Chapter 3:

To Jennifer Laude, with Love: Waves of Grief against/within/across US Empire

by Lore/tta LeMaster and Angela Labador

Chapter 4: Building Global Queer Studies

by Ahmet Atay and Christa Craven

Chapter 5: A Pathway to Queer Criticism: The Rhetorical Criticism Textbook’s Lost Chapter

by Ragan Fox

Chapter 6: Toward a Transnational Queer Counterpublic Rhetorical Studies

by Daniel C. Brouwer, Marco Dehnert, and Shuzhen Huang

Chapter 7: From Fag Rag to Porn-Hub: Adventures in Gay/Queer Description

by Ryan Tsapatsaris and Chloe Nurik

Chapter 8: Quare-ing Care: Social Reproduction and the Chosen Families of Ballroom Culture by Nina Maria Lozano and Dana L. Cloud

Chapter 9: Queering the Coming Out Metaphor by Coming In to the Body

by Danielle M. Stern

Chapter 10: Being/Becoming a Kweer Asian American: Exploring Intersectional Queer Mixed Identities and the Autoethnographic In-Between

by Stephanie L. Young

Chapter 11: Transnational Turn in Queer Communication Studies: Hybrid Experiences and Interrupted Narratives

by Ahmet Atay

Queer(ing) Communication Studies not only provides a comprehensive overview of the way queer theory impacts on communication theorizing last three decades, but also redefines the ongoing development of queer communication studies as an interdisciplinary field. Its global, transnational, and intersectional moves are noteworthy. This text is much needed for sure.


— Dr. Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico


A notable, defining text about queer communication comes out every decade. Gayspeak in 1981. Queer Words, Queer Images in 1994. Queer Theory and Communication in 2003. Transgender Communication Studies in 2015. And now this book, a work that, like the others, offers a contemporary analysis of queer discourses and currents and that will define and refine how and why and what it means to do queer work. Like the others, this one, too, will be an instant classic.


— Tony E. Adams, Bradley University


Queer(ing) Communication Studies

Disruptions, Discussions, and Pathways

Cover Image
Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • In this edited volume, contributors recognize and reflect on communication studies’ queer past and examine the current state of queer theorizing within communication studies. Through this reflection, the book fills in gaps in the history of this sub-discipline and demonstrates that even as scholars in the field empowered queer voices in the past, they often failed to recognize the intersectional aspects of queer identity, through which scholars can form new understandings of past scholarship in new queer(er) lights. Ultimately, contributors collectively provide a critique for the lack of broader inclusion of queer theorization in the field and provide new pathways for the continued development of queer communication studies.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 244 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66692-990-4 • Hardback • January 2025 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Gay Studies, Social Science / Gender Studies
Author
Author
  • Ahmet Atay is professor of global media and communication at the College of Wooster.

    Stephanie L. Young is associate professor in communication studies and the director of the basic course at the University of Southern Indiana.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1

    Performativities of Queerness in Communication Studies: Three Temporal Cautions

    by Dustin Bradley Goltz and Jason Zingsheim

    Chapter 2:

    The Absence of Asexuality in Communication Research

    by ben Brandley and Elissa Adame

    Chapter 3:

    To Jennifer Laude, with Love: Waves of Grief against/within/across US Empire

    by Lore/tta LeMaster and Angela Labador

    Chapter 4: Building Global Queer Studies

    by Ahmet Atay and Christa Craven

    Chapter 5: A Pathway to Queer Criticism: The Rhetorical Criticism Textbook’s Lost Chapter

    by Ragan Fox

    Chapter 6: Toward a Transnational Queer Counterpublic Rhetorical Studies

    by Daniel C. Brouwer, Marco Dehnert, and Shuzhen Huang

    Chapter 7: From Fag Rag to Porn-Hub: Adventures in Gay/Queer Description

    by Ryan Tsapatsaris and Chloe Nurik

    Chapter 8: Quare-ing Care: Social Reproduction and the Chosen Families of Ballroom Culture by Nina Maria Lozano and Dana L. Cloud

    Chapter 9: Queering the Coming Out Metaphor by Coming In to the Body

    by Danielle M. Stern

    Chapter 10: Being/Becoming a Kweer Asian American: Exploring Intersectional Queer Mixed Identities and the Autoethnographic In-Between

    by Stephanie L. Young

    Chapter 11: Transnational Turn in Queer Communication Studies: Hybrid Experiences and Interrupted Narratives

    by Ahmet Atay

Reviews
Reviews
  • Queer(ing) Communication Studies not only provides a comprehensive overview of the way queer theory impacts on communication theorizing last three decades, but also redefines the ongoing development of queer communication studies as an interdisciplinary field. Its global, transnational, and intersectional moves are noteworthy. This text is much needed for sure.


    — Dr. Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico


    A notable, defining text about queer communication comes out every decade. Gayspeak in 1981. Queer Words, Queer Images in 1994. Queer Theory and Communication in 2003. Transgender Communication Studies in 2015. And now this book, a work that, like the others, offers a contemporary analysis of queer discourses and currents and that will define and refine how and why and what it means to do queer work. Like the others, this one, too, will be an instant classic.


    — Tony E. Adams, Bradley University


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