The search for place and context: locating strategies of resistance in gay and lesbian subjectivity

dc.contributorMcKnight, Utz Lars
dc.contributorSmith, Joseph L.
dc.contributorLahiri, Simanti
dc.contributorPetrovic, John E.
dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Ted H.
dc.contributor.authorAustin, Gregory Phillip
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:36:58Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:36:58Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is about the nature of community and the substance of individual and collective subjectivity. Specifically, I interrogate the character of gay and lesbian subjectivity by investigating the ways in which the gay or lesbian subject is constituted through the discourse on same-sex marriage and military service. I argue that recasting gay subjectivity uncovers more meaningful ontological possibilities for the emergence of a new description of an individual who has relational and social attachments to a broader community while maintaining fidelity and integrity to descriptions of the self. I argue that gay subjectivity begins as a search for models, a search for examples, and of a representation of the self. Gay subjectivity is about a search for place and context in an environment that views homosexuality as merely a marginal sexual identity. It is in this environment that gay and lesbian subjectivity is produced through a heteronormative discourse that distorts what it means to be gay. I argue that marital equality and unqualified military service successfully fulfill the Foucaultian promise of meaningful resistance which allows for a fuller, more meaningful subjectivity to be embraced by gays and lesbians.en_US
dc.format.extent199 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000465
dc.identifier.otherAustin_alatus_0004D_10601
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/970
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.titleThe search for place and context: locating strategies of resistance in gay and lesbian subjectivityen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Political Science
etdms.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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