"Spitting Glitter": An exploration of gay men's socially contextualized performances of gay

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dc.contributor.advisorNelson, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-24T15:46:42Z
dc.date.available2014-11-17T08:00:48Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-24
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how gay men navigate and interpret varying social contexts, and adapt their performances of “gay” in response. The findings are drawn from 27 qualitative interviews with gay men, sampled primarily from Calgary, Canada. The data suggest that stereotypical, gender-inverted performances of gay are one of many variable performances and, taken together, these performances reflect a gay hierarchy within the broader masculine hegemony. This thesis further suggests that the stereotypical gay performance has implications for gay male performativity, characterizing the set of behaviours that gay men manipulate so as to signify, or fail to signify “gay” to others. Gay men’s highly attuned capacities for performance and gender self-reflexivity are also discussed, and the concept of “social categorization strategies” is introduced to describe the assessment processes that inform gay men’s performance decisions. Ultimately, a case is made to consider “gay” in performative terms, distinct from a homosexual orientation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHansen, B. (2014). "Spitting Glitter": An exploration of gay men's socially contextualized performances of gay (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27856en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27856
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1803
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subject.classificationGay Menen_US
dc.subject.classificationPerformanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationGenderen_US
dc.subject.classificationPerformativityen_US
dc.subject.classificationIdentityen_US
dc.subject.classificationMasculinityen_US
dc.subject.classificationImpression Managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationStereotypesen_US
dc.title"Spitting Glitter": An exploration of gay men's socially contextualized performances of gay
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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