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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 MethodologyCritical Discourse Analysis

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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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