University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2020 God of War: Masculinity and Fatherhood Through Procedural Rhetoric Andrew A. Morgan University of the Pacific Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds Part of the Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Game Design Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Rhetoric Commons, and the Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Morgan, Andrew A.. (2020). God of War: Masculinity and Fatherhood Through Procedural Rhetoric. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3703 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 GOD OF WAR: MASCULINITY AND FATHERHOOD THROUGH PROCEDURAL RHETORIC By Andrew A. Morgan A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS College of the Pacific Communication University of the Pacific Stockton, California 2020 2 GOD OF WAR: MASCULINITY AND FATHERHOOD THROUGH PROCEDURAL RHETORIC By Andrew A. Morgan APPROVED BY: Thesis Advisor: Jeremy David Johnson, Ph.D. Committee Member: Teresa Bergman, Ph.D. Committee Member: Graham Carpenter, Ph.D. Department Chair: Teresa Bergman, Ph.D. 3 DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my family. To my mother, Sabrina, my brother, Christian, and my sister, Zoé, I could not have done it without you, and I hope to make you proud.