Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2004 Performing masculinities: U.S. representations of the male body in performance art monologues Darren C. Goins Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. PERFORMING MASCULINITIES: U.S. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MALE BODY IN PERFORMANCE ART MONOLOGUES A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In The Department of Communication Studies by Darren C. Goins B.A., Emory University, 1994 M.A., Florida State University, 1997 August, 2004 To my family of origin and my chosen family who have shaped my performance of masculinity. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank those individuals whose cooperation and guidance made the successful completion of this project possible. First, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Ruth Laurion Bowman, for her wisdom, patience, attention, faith, and energy. Next, I would like to thank Dr.