Heteronormativity in First Encounters: An Interactional Analysis

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Conversations between people who meet for the first time follow specific constraints. For instance, speakers are constrained as to what topics they can talk about, and how. Analysing recordings of non-institutional informal conversations in Norwegian between previously unacquainted speakers, this paper argues that conversationally appropriate displays of heterosexuality are a way of fulfilling constraints on friendly encounters in such settings. In the conversations this is done through references to former and present (heterosexual) partners, through talk about marriage and attraction, and through the construction of homosexuality as “the other” and as having negative connotations.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08038740.2011.568124