University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2018 Celebrities, Fans, and Queering Gender Norms: A Critical Examination of Lady Gaga's, Nicki Minaj's, and Fans' Use of Instagram Brandy Dieterle University of Central Florida Part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Rhetoric Commons, and the Social Media Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Dieterle, Brandy, "Celebrities, Fans, and Queering Gender Norms: A Critical Examination of Lady Gaga's, Nicki Minaj's, and Fans' Use of Instagram" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 5797. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/5797 CELEBRITIES, FANS, AND QUEERING GENDER NORMS: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF LADY GAGA’S, NICKI MINAJ’S, AND FANS’ USE OF INSTAGRAM by BRANDY DIETERLE B.A. Purdue University Calumet, 2011 M.A. Purdue University Calumet, 2013 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Texts & Technology in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2018 Major Professor: Stephanie Vie © 2018 Brandy Dieterle ii ABSTRACT This dissertation used queer rhetoric as a lens for studying queering gender norms on Instagram by using Lady Gaga’s, Nicki Minaj’s, and fan posts as case studies.