School of Education, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
J Homosex. 2024 May 11;71(6):1465-1486. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2174472. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
This article explores how gay men in Iceland were constructed as good responsible citizens through neoliberal discourses from 1990 to 2010. Drawing on interviews with gay men in Icelandic magazines, we focus on three discursive formations of responsibilization that reveal the technologies of agency at play in transforming the men into good, responsible gay citizens capable of self-management. The discursive formations focus on the good gay citizen who (a) has a positive mind-set, (b) transforms himself, and (c) displaces responsibility for personal harm. They reveal how gay men are constituted as neoliberal subjects through discursive practices linked to responsibility, happiness, and national progress. These practices enable a normalization process devoid of confrontation, anger, or blame where gay men are not only made responsible for their own lives but also the marginalization they experienced in the past.
本文探讨了在 1990 年至 2010 年间，冰岛的男同性恋者是如何通过新自由主义话语被塑造为负责任的好公民的。本文通过对冰岛杂志中的男同性恋者的采访，关注了三种责任建构的话语模式，揭示了在将男同性恋者转变为能够自我管理的善良、负责任的同性恋公民的过程中，起作用的能动性技术。这些话语模式聚焦于三种好的同性恋公民形象：（a）有积极心态的公民，（b）能够自我改变的公民，以及（c）能够将个人伤害的责任转移出去的公民。它们揭示了男同性恋者如何通过与责任、幸福和国家进步相关的话语实践被构建为新自由主义主体。这些实践使得一个没有对抗、愤怒或指责的正常化过程成为可能，在这个过程中，男同性恋者不仅要为自己的生活负责，还要为他们过去所经历的边缘化负责。
