This study is an examination of the public imaging of gay men and lesbians during the latter part of the twentieth and early part of the twenty-first centuries. The study looks at public imaging as it is performed in the service of the political aims of gay people, with an eye towards the kinds of tensions and erasures that occur when one monolithic identity is promoted. Through these examinations, I create a kind of contemporary history of the gay political rights movement.
In the study, I examine theoretical approaches to identity from several postmodern theorists and then use these approaches to support my work in the three chapters. In each chapter I focus on one site of gay identity performances: Southern Decadence in New Orleans, the murder of Matthew Shepard, and the decriminalization of sodomy. At each site, I examine the event, the various identities presented, and the tensions and erasures that result from the specific identity performances. In conclusion, I envision a political movement which is inclusive of multiple identities not just those which fit a predetermined conservative public presentation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-01212005-212501 |
| Date | 25 January 2005 |
| Creators | Sewell, Shaun Erwin |
| Contributors | Jennifer Jones-Cavenaugh, Michael Tick, Angeletta KM Gourdine, Matthew Lee, Leslie A. Wade, |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-01212005-212501/ |
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