Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Potter, Joshua L.
URN	etd-07132009-150057
Title	Little Death: Locating The Motivations Of Bug Chasers Through Interview, Analysis, And Creative Work
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Accounting, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Donna Marie Nudd Committee Chair Bruce Henderson Committee Member Gary Heald Committee Member Jeanette Castillo Committee Member Carrie Sandahl Outside Committee Member
Keywords	AIDS Bug Chasing HIV Gay Dramatism Burke
Date of Defense	2009-07-08
Availability	restricted
Abstract The purpose of this study is to add to the discourse about the motivations of bug chasers, or gay men who actively seek human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. There are three phases for this study. First, this thesis examines the narratives and representations of bug chasers in Louise Hogarth’s 2003 documentary The Gift using Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic analysis. Second, four interviews were conducted from gay men who are involved with the bug chasing phenomenon. These interviews were analyzed and compared to those found in the Hogarth documentary also using the theories of Kenneth Burke. Finally, the thesis chronicles the researcher’s process of adapting these interviews into a playscript and staging a performance to an invited audience.
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