1st Edition

Discourses of Global Queer Mobility and the Mediatization of Equality

By Joseph Comer Copyright 2022
266 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book critically unpacks the why and how around everyday rhetorics and slogans promoting global LGBTQ equality. Examining the means by which particular discourses of progress and hope are circulated globally, it offers unique insights into how LGBTQ livelihoods, relationships, and social movements are legitimated and valued in contemporary society. Adopting an innovative critical... Read more

San Francisco, January 2016

1. INTRODUCTION:
THE MEDIATIZED MOBILITY OF PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND PRIDE

Cape Town, April 2016

2. ‘EQUALITY ON THE SEA’: INTERROGATING LGBTQ PRIVILEGE IN THE TOURISM DISCOURSE OF 'AFRICA'S GAY CAPITAL'

3. REPRESENTING THE SPECTRUM: THE DISCURSIVE PRODUCTION OF QUEER HETEROTOPIA AT AN LGBTQ TOURISM CONVENTION

London, June 2016

4. COUNTING ‘THE COST OF DISCRIMINATION’: MANAGING LGBTQ DIVERSITY AT THE ECONOMIST’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

5. SLOGANIZING AND 'MATERIALIZING' EQUALITY: SCALES OF SOLIDARITY IN THE DISCOURSE OF TRANSNATIONAL LGBTQ ADVOCACY

Sydney, February 2017

6. CONCLUSION: QUEER COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE SCALING OF UTOPIA

Melbourne, August 2020

Biography

Joseph Comer completed his PhD in English Linguistics (Language and Communication) at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2019. He is now an associated researcher with the Centre for the Study of Language and Society at the University of Bern.