Aspirational identity in British 'gay masculinity', 1991-2011
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Searle, Kenneth Andrew
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Birmingham
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2015
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of Birmingham
امتياز متن
2015
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This thesis provides a new direction to studies of "gay masculinity", examining the impact a consumerist approach has had on the two bestselling "gay" lifestyle(s) magazines between 1991 and 2011: 'Attitude' and 'GT' (previously known as 'Gay Times'). In both magazines over the period covered, the desire for a "successful" identity as understood through neo-liberal discourse is demonstrated through textual analysis of the aspirational discourse and images (re)presented in both publications, specifically assessing the importance placed on signifiers of consumerism and celebrity role models. In selecting the most-read lifestyle(s) magazines in Britain over the period under study, I was able to understand how mainstream forms of "gay masculine" identity had increasingly been underpinned by discourse pertaining to consumerism as opposed to campaigns against perceived homophobia and inequality. In arguing that a neo-liberal binary of "success" and "failure" has become increasingly prevalent since 1991, with signifiers (re)constructing the former as aspirational, this thesis also notes that 'Attitude' and 'Gay Times' have remained uniquely directed at an explicitly "gay" audience, with emphasis being placed on homonormative forms of "success" being an easily attainable norm.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
HM Sociology
موضوع مستند نشده
HT Communities. Classes. Races
موضوع مستند نشده
PN0441 Literary History
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