Title: REMEMBERING MATTHEW SHEPARD; VIOLENCE, IDENTITY, AND QUEER COUNTERPUBLIC MEMORIES.
Authors: Dunn, Thomas R.
Abstract: More than ten years after his death, Matthew Shepard is still remembered prominently in LGBT discourse. This discourse has been used to defy heteronormative characterizations of violence, confirm gay and lesbian identity, and to "queer" rigid notions of community. Tracing Shepard's memory through three contested memory frames, I argue for an expanded perspective of queer counterpublic memories and the strategic use of public memories by counterpublics.
Subjects: UNITED States; SHEPARD, Matthew, 1976-1998; VIOLENCE against LGBTQ people; HETERONORMATIVITY; GAY identity; LESBIAN identity; COLLECTIVE memory
Publication: Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 4, p611
ISSN: 1094-8392
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1353/rap.2010.0212

REMEMBERING MATTHEW SHEPARD; VIOLENCE, IDENTITY, AND QUEER COUNTERPUBLIC MEMORIES.

Dunn, Thomas R.