PSYO 3280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Performance Art, Gay Liberation Front, Social Liberalism
14 Jan 2016
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Making a gay identity cohler & hammack. Construction of personal identity (who you are) occurs in distinct historical, social, and. People born at a particular time have similar experiences (generational cultural context: generation cohort similarities, intracohort variation practice. Within a cohort there will also be some variation. 1930s/40: born in the 40s but came of age in the 50s/60s: grew up in a conservative generaltion. Being gay in that kind of enviorment, you knew that you were gay but also felt there was pressure from the society to repress it/act in a way that you weren"t gay. Subvertied sexuality: social conservatism, stigmatization hidden, subversive sexuality. 1960s: enhanced acceptance, political changes, aids, could express themselves, some increased acceptance in certain places, aids. Society was changing and becoming more accepting. 1970s spreading: 60s political and social liberalism, stonewall riots, gay civil rights movement, lots of people being assonated o. 1970s/1980s: new media, gay = one of sexual lifeways", internet, social media.
