As an out gay man who used Grindr as a tool to meet other homosexual men, I often believed that s... more As an out gay man who used Grindr as a tool to meet other homosexual men, I often believed that such applications and their innate focus on sex were significantly changing the ways in which gay culture behaved. Had it changed the way gay men presented themselves? Is it implicit in the refocused efforts on HIV/AIDS awareness?
Through an investigation into digital spaces such as Grindr I am able to draw similarities between the postmodern societies we currently live and that of the birth of gay culture throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This study looks at elements of gay culture including semiotics, social construction, sexual desire and gender identity and how these have been remediated within digital gay culture in the form of Grindr, which results in a convergence of queer and heteronormative concepts. Concepts, which originated from prolific queer theorists such as Judith Butler and Michel Foucault.
As an out gay man who used Grindr as a tool to meet other homosexual men, I often believed that s... more As an out gay man who used Grindr as a tool to meet other homosexual men, I often believed that such applications and their innate focus on sex were significantly changing the ways in which gay culture behaved. Had it changed the way gay men presented themselves? Is it implicit in the refocused efforts on HIV/AIDS awareness?
Through an investigation into digital spaces such as Grindr I am able to draw similarities between the postmodern societies we currently live and that of the birth of gay culture throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This study looks at elements of gay culture including semiotics, social construction, sexual desire and gender identity and how these have been remediated within digital gay culture in the form of Grindr, which results in a convergence of queer and heteronormative concepts. Concepts, which originated from prolific queer theorists such as Judith Butler and Michel Foucault.
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Through an investigation into digital spaces such as Grindr I am able to draw similarities between the postmodern societies we currently live and that of the birth of gay culture throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This study looks at elements of gay culture including semiotics, social construction, sexual desire and gender identity and how these have been remediated within digital gay culture in the form of Grindr, which results in a convergence of queer and heteronormative concepts. Concepts, which originated from prolific queer theorists such as Judith Butler and Michel Foucault.
Through an investigation into digital spaces such as Grindr I am able to draw similarities between the postmodern societies we currently live and that of the birth of gay culture throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This study looks at elements of gay culture including semiotics, social construction, sexual desire and gender identity and how these have been remediated within digital gay culture in the form of Grindr, which results in a convergence of queer and heteronormative concepts. Concepts, which originated from prolific queer theorists such as Judith Butler and Michel Foucault.