Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2014
Degree Type
Capstone Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies (BA)
Department
Cultural Studies
First Advisor
Carmelo Esterrich
Second Advisor
Robert Watkins
Third Advisor
Steven Corey
Abstract
Using Queer blogs found throughout American blogging networks, while drawing upon Marxism, Michel Foucault’s notions of confession and coming out, and Gramsci’s concept of hegemony, this project is a materialist analysis that unveils how Queer identities are being consumed and commodified. In contemporary American society a phenomenon is occurring online: Queer blogs are acting as a platform where subjectivities are attempting to resist hegemonic notions of identity while they are simultaneously being incorporated into a capitalistic agenda of subject formation. This project ultimately calls upon an act of resistance, as these Queer blogs are in fact a negotiable space for agency, even though that very resistance is being incorporated into hegemonic discourses. Ultimately, Queer subjects should become aware of this kind of commodification as to prevent any further exploitation that these acts of blogging may cause upon an already oppressed identity.
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Recommended Citation
Lacy, Anne, "The Queer Blogger: Interrogating the Commodification of Identities" (2014). Cultural Studies Capstone Papers. 7.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cultural_studies/7
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American Popular Culture Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Social Media Commons