ISBN:
9781137555984
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 192 p. 20 illus., 1 illus. in color)
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Literature, Cultural and Media Studies
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Keywords:
Culture Study and teaching
;
Sex (Psychology)
;
Gender expression
;
Gender identity
;
Communication
;
Motion pictures
;
Motion picture acting
;
Sociology
;
Culture Study and teaching
;
Communication
;
Motion pictures
;
Motion picture acting
;
Sociology
;
Sex (Psychology)
;
Gender expression
;
Gender identity
;
Film
;
Fernsehserie
;
Lesbische Orientierung
Abstract:
This critical analysis of contemporary film, television and video, examines how queer girls have become more regular onscreen in recent years, why this occurs, why it is problematic, and how some screen texts have responded. It wasn't until 1987 that one of teen television’s first queer girls appeared on the Canadian series Degrassi Junior High. It took more than a decade for same-sex attracted female characters to regularly appear on Western television, and a further decade for this to regularly occur within teen-oriented programming. Nowadays, queer girls are the major characters in mainstream television series as well as the protagonists and love interests in both short and feature length films around the globe. However, these characters are dominantly represented through storylines emphasizing their sexuality as ‘a passing phase.’ In this critical analysis of contemporary film, television and video, Whitney Monaghan explores how this occurs, why it is problematic, and how some screen texts have responded
DOI:
10.1057/978-1-137-55598-4
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