Year: 2000
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis writes a posthumous manifesto of‘Quintopolis’ (the virtual reconstruction of Sodom in the contemporary gay male ‘city’) through essay, collage and fiction. It is an analysis of gay male identity as evidenced in the gay ghetto, the gay press, and the circuit party, and positions these with reference to the Sodom myth. The essay researches Sodom’s destruction, and investigates notions of nationhood and pilgrimage as they might apply to current gay male culture. The collaged postcards manipulate the visual iconography of gay culture to document an interpretive reconstruction of the virtual city in a series of touristic snapshots. An (auto) biographical collection of the fictional letters of Michael John Villemaire represents an attempt to describe Quintopolis through the form of a travel diary. The aim of this thesis in its entirety is to rewrite the myth of Sodom as a founding moment to a virtual nation.
Author: Scott Weir
Language: Spanish
Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4235648850