Gender – Page 5

“Buckle up, bitches. Nothing is as it seems”: Gothic conventions in Pretty Little Liars
Andrea Braithwaite / University of Ontario Institute of Technology

March 23, 2015 Andrea Braithwaite / University of Ontario Institute of Technology 2 comments

An textual analysis of how Pretty Little Liars challenges early Gothic tropes of female passivity and victimization.

Knowledge, Agency, and the “Strong Female Lead” in Serialized Television
Kathleen Battles / Oakland University

March 23, 2015 Kathleen Battles / Oakland University 3 comments

A look into TV shows with a “Strong Female Lead” where the author argues that each woman remains “strong” in terms of her abilities, but their access to knowledge and subsequent ability to act becomes extremely limited.

Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema
Jane Park / The University of Sydney

March 6, 2009 Jane Park / University of Sydney, Australia 6 comments

An investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.

Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss: (not) responding to the Richard Gere-Shipla Shetty controversy in India

May 4, 2007 Shanti Kumar / University of Texas 4 comments

by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
The Indian majority’s non-response to the Gere-Shetty kiss indicates reinforces the notion that diverse cultures in India have known how to live with each other for centuries

Queering Justin

March 22, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 9 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
How does the Justin character on Ugly Betty factor into and complicate debates about queer representations on television?

“Big Man on Campus Ladies”

February 10, 2006 Walter Metz / Montana State University at Bozeman 5 comments

by: Walter Metz / Montana State University
Metz discusses the Oxygen TV show Campus Ladies and the so-called outrageous collegiate lives, the politicization of academia and the “vitriol reserved at this moment of American culture for professors.”