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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

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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

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