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Are you ready for your close-up,
Mister Hegemony?
Research Question
What is the investment for gay men in hegemonic masculine subject positions within gay culture?
Origins and Hegemonic Masculinity
Literature Review Highlights
Victorian Era & The Rise of Industrial Capitalism
Incitement to Confess
The Discursive Birth of the Homosexual
Categorization and Social Relegation
Literature Review Highlights
The Summer of ’69
Post-Stonewall & Commodification of Gay Culture
Homonegativism and Quality of Life
Theoretical Lens
“Nothing has any meaning outside of discourse”
(Michel Foucault, 1972)
Research Methodology
Critical Discourse Analysis
DNA Magazine
10 articles and 2
advertisements
Findings
Lack of Variation – Identities and Masculinities
Centralized Positioning of the Proper Gay Subject
Hegemonic Masculinity – Attitude and Body
Conclusion Foucauldian Governmentality
Illusions of Escape from Otherness
Indignities and Access
The Gay Self and Consumptive Materialism
Western Heteropatriarchal Society’s Whipping Boy
Helpful Suggestions Keep a PRP JOURNAL to record thoughts,
ideas, and feelings throughout the day
Use INDEX CARDS to arrange copious bits of information re: Literature Review
DO NOT PANIC if the words do not come readily – frustration is part of the process
Be FEARLESS and PASSIONATE
The PRP is a SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECT