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FINAL- HOOKING-UP EMBODIED TECHNOLOGY WITH THE RHETORIC OF SEXUAL LITERACY .pdf (2.88 MB)
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Hooking-up Embodied Technologies with the Rhetoric of Sexual Literacy
Author Info
Pendygraft, Robert Caleb
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-5223
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438108291
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
In my thesis I explore the intersections between embodiment, technology, and sexual literacy within the scope of rhetoric, specifically looking at mobile hook-up and dating applications such as Grindr. In chapter 1, I position my research in the field of Composition and Rhetoric, arguing Grindr complicates rhetorical principles concerning identity. In chapter 2, I explain the risk I take with my research methods, drawing connections between queer theory, my embodiment and subjectivity, along with a discussion of queer ruralism. In chapter 3, I rhetorically critique Grindr’s interface. Chapter 4 assesses Grindr’s multivalent impact in queer discourse, specifically the representation of Grindr in the TV show Looking. I also argue that Grindr and similar embodied technologies have affective and ethical implications, concluding with future research prospects and impacts of apps like Grindr.
Committee
Jason Palmeri, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Kathleen Johnson, Dr. (Committee Member)
Linh Dich, Dr. (Committee Member)
Pages
59 p.
Subject Headings
Composition
;
Rhetoric
Keywords
Grindr
;
sexual literacy
;
LGBT
;
rhetoric
;
Queer Theory
;
ruralism
;
embodiment
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Pendygraft, R. C. (2015).
Hooking-up Embodied Technologies with the Rhetoric of Sexual Literacy
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438108291
APA Style (7th edition)
Pendygraft, Robert.
Hooking-up Embodied Technologies with the Rhetoric of Sexual Literacy .
2015. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438108291.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Pendygraft, Robert. "Hooking-up Embodied Technologies with the Rhetoric of Sexual Literacy ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438108291
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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