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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
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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 PRPJOURNAL 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 JUSTICEPROJECT