321 Week7
Summary
1.
The reading emphasizes linguistic resistance in critiquing social theory and
explores cultural constructions of women, men, and language.
2.
The main characteristics of "white-woman" style, such as the use of precise color
terms, "empty" adjectives, and intensive "so” overlap with stereotypes of gay
male speech, but AADQs (African American Drag Queens) distinguish between
the two styles.
3.
Challenges the notion of a singular gay way of speaking and emphasizes the
complexity of gay styles.
Questions
1.
How may language resistance be used to effectively critique social theory and
challenge power dynamics?
2.
How can gender, class, and ethnicity indexical characteristics overlap in
language use among subcultures?
Critique
1.
The readings are primarily about certain subcultures of the LGBTQ+ community,
such as drag queens and homosexual men, but they can also include other
members of the community.
