(De)coding Television’s Representation of Sexuality: Beyond Behaviours and Dialogue

2010 ◽  
pp. 155-171
Keyword(s):  
Representation Of Sexuality

Summaries

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality

Eduard Cuelenaere, Gertjan Willems & Stijn Joye Same same same, but different: a comparative film analysis of the Belgian, Dutch and American Loft Against the theoretical background of the concept ‘karaoke-Americanism’, this article compares the Belgian, Dutch and American version of the film Loft. Several (dis)similarities in the representation of sexuality, female characters, and ethnicity, as well as some formal changes, are observed. By combining these results with self-conducted, in-depth and press interviews with the filmmakers of these films, it is ascertained that, although the three versions share a similar use of specific Hollywood conventions, the changes in representation were motivated by perceived cultural differences. Building on known cultural stereotypes and clichés, filmmakers reinforce specific cultural (and national) identities, with the aim of enhancing the recognizability for their local audiences. In conclusion, the Dutch and Belgian filmmakers, in an attempt of localizing the universal, realized a hyperreal version of their own or another culture. Keywords: film remakes, cross-cultural adaptation, cinema in the Low Countries, karaoke-Americanism, cultural identity

The linguistic, visual and multimodal representation of two-Mum and two-Dad families in children’s picturebooks

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Sunderland ◽  
Mark McGlashan
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Multimodal Representation ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality

Gender representation in children’s literature is an established area of research, and the representation of sexuality increasingly so. Less established, however, is work on sexuality in picturebooks, in particular (a) the representation of gay co-parents, and (b) work with a linguistic or multimodal focus. Using a dataset of 25 picturebooks featuring two-Mum and two-Dad families, and focusing on ‘explicitness’ about their sexuality, we explore differences in the representation of the gay Mums and gay Dads. We look first at the book titles and co-parents’ names, using van Leeuwen’s Social Actor Network (1996, 2008) categories of Nomination and Categorization. Secondly, we look at the indexing of gay sexuality through the linguistic, visual and multimodal representation of physical contact, starting with van Leeuwen’s (2008) Visual Social Actor Network. Although the co-parents’ sexuality was shown in positive and diverse ways, Mums were more frequently constructed than Dads as co-parents, and Dads more frequently constructed than Mums as partners. Gender appears to interact with sexuality to produce these gendered representations of the gay Mums and Dads.

scholarly journals Representation of Sexuality on Television: Values and Attitudes of Young Malaysian

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauziah Ahmad ◽  
Latiffah Pawanteh ◽  
Samsudin A. Rahim ◽  
Mohd Helmi Abd. Rahim ◽  
Rusyda Helma Mohd
Keyword(s):  
Representation Of Sexuality

scholarly journals Man up! Masculinity and (Homo)sexuality in René Depestre’s Transatlantic World

Humanities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Couti ◽  
Jason C. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
French Caribbean ◽  
Brute Force ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
Black Sexuality ◽  
The Many ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality ◽  
Thé Vert

The question of homosexuality in Francophone Caribbean literature is often overlooked. However, the ways in which the Haitian René Depestre’s Le mât de cocagne (The Festival of the Greasy Pole, 1979) and “Blues pour une tasse de thé vert” (“Blues for a Cup of Green Tea”), a short story from the collection Eros dans un train chinois (Eros on a Chinese Train, 1990) portray homoeroticism and homosexuality begs further study. In these texts, the study of the violence that surrounds the representation of sexuality reveals the sociopolitical implications of erotic and racial images in a French transatlantic world. Hence, the proposed essay “Man up!” interrogates a (Black) hegemonic masculinity inherited from colonialism and the homophobia it generates. This masculinity prescribes normative traits that frequently appear toxic as it thrives on hypersexuality and brute force. When these two traits become associated with violence and homoeroticism, however, they threaten this very masculinity. Initially, Depestre valorizes “solar eroticism,” a French Caribbean expression of a Black sexuality, free and joyful, and “geolibertinage,” its transnational and global expression. Namely, his novel and short story sing a hegemonic and polyamorous heterosexuality, respectively, in a postcolonial milieu (Haiti) and a diasporic space (Paris). The misadventures of his male characters suggest that eroticism in transatlantic spaces has more to do with Thanatos (death) than Eros (sex). Though Depestre formally explores the construction of the other and the mechanisms of racism and oppression in essays, he also tackles these themes in his fictional work. Applying Caribbean feminist and gendered lenses to his fiction bring to light the intricate bonds between racism, sexism and homophobia. Such a framework reveals the many facets of patriarchy and its mechanism of control.

America's “White” Cultural and Sexual Dissensus: The Fictions of Edmund White

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-316
Author(s):  
TONY PURVIS
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Male Sexuality ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality

This essay examines the representation of sexuality and identity in the fictions of American novelist Edmund White. Gay sexuality and identity politics are discussed in relation to “coming out,” the discourse of American identity, and whiteness. White's output is shaped and informed by the cultural, historical and political circumstances which have conditioned how gay male sexuality has been discursively shaped over the last forty years. Yet his work has been inflected by theorizations of sexuality which have called into question the very specificity of a homosexual and/or gay identity. Who is White's audience today, and who wants to read a “white” boy's story anyway?

scholarly journals Representasi Homoseksualitas dalam Film Indonesia Kontemporer

ATAVISME ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-73
Author(s):  
Maimunah Maimunah
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
New Order ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
Queer Cinema ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Rock N Roll ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Second Category ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality ◽  
Male To Female

This paper examines the emergence of non-normative sexual orientations in contemporary Indonesian films. Unlike the representation of sexuality in New Order Indonesian films, which centred on the female reproductive role and presented the nation as constructed of heterosexual families rather than individual citizens, a number of 200()s Indonesian films can be seen as negotiations of new understandings of sexual diversity and individual subjectivity. These films represent a challenge to monolithic and essentialist constructions of sexuality in Indonesia, and portray characters and situations in ways that seem to fulfil the five selection criteria which Griffin and Benshoff (2006) apply to the definition of 'queer' cinema. As such, they are indicative of a paradigm shift in Indonesian cinema, which needs to be studied in association with broader patterns of social and political change. The paper describes three categories in the representation of sexual minorities in contemporary Indonesian films. The first category is represented by films such as Arisanl and , Gie, which portray characters and situations deal with male homosexual subjectivity or homoeroticism. The second category concerns films of this type that portray female characters, such as Detik Terakhirand TentangDia. In the third category are films which depict waria (male to female transgender characters) and transsexuals, represented by Panggil Aku Puspa and Realita Cinta dan Rock n Roll. The paper examines these films in the light of Boellstorff's (2005) study of gay and lesbi communities and subjectivities in Indonesia, as a way of situating them in a larger cultural picture. It suggests that the makers of these films are attempting to change the perception of their audiences about non-normative sexualities, and investigates the strategic devices used by the film makers to subvert censorship codes and social taboos in a country where homosexual behaviour is accommodated, but homosexual identities remain outside the range of socially and culturally-sanctioned subjectivities.

Prostitution and Its Impact on Youth: Violence, Domination and Inequality

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierrette Pape
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Liberal Approach ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality ◽  
Model Approach

While the debates on prostitution usually focus on the different legislative approaches or the so-called choices of persons in prostitution, this article wants to give light to an invisible aspect of the system of prostitution: its impact on youth. Through research, data and facts, we want to show that it is urgent to listen to young women’s voices as they are detrimentally affected by an industry based on violence, domination and inequality. Based on a study conducted on young people in the South of France, at the borders with Spanish prostitution clubs, outcomes and analysis clearly demonstrate that prostitution is not only a form of male violence against women, it is also a system and an industry that contribute to gender inequality, to an unequal and negative representation of sexuality for young people, and to reduced choices in sexuality. Its impacts are far more detrimental than we can see, because they are invisible and entrenched in mentalities. Today, young people, and especially young women, are directly targeted by the system of prostitution. Rape culture, economic conditions, migration paths and sexual violence in the childhood are part of the root causes which explain the highest vulnerability of youth to the sex industry. Youth has become a strong commercial value for the sex industry and for the men buying sex; the sex industry does not discriminate on age and uses the existing laws tolerating pimping and prostitution to continue to flourish. The article points out that despite the politically correct trend which supports a neo-liberal approach to prostitution, young people are taking a stance against the sex industry and are strongly supporting the Nordic model approach; this raises an important question—Are we ready to listen to them?

scholarly journals Between the Screens: Brain Imaging, Pornography, and Sex Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Anna E Ward
Keyword(s):  
Brain Imaging ◽  
Sexual Arousal ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Imaging Technologies ◽  
Means Of Measurement ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
And Gender ◽  
A Site ◽  
Representation Of Sexuality

This essay focuses on the use of brain imaging technologies to understand sexual arousal and orgasm and the issues that this practice raises for feminist theories of embodiment, visuality, and gender. In the first section, the paper examines the use of brain imaging technologies to measure the brain’s role during sexual arousal and orgasm and its circulation in popular culture, with a particular focus on fMRI and PET technology. The second section examines the interplay between brain imaging technologies as the means of measurement and film pornography as the means of arousal, bringing together scholarship on pornography studies, visual studies, and science and technology studies. By interrogating the technology behind research into the neurology of sexual response and critically examining the use of one representation of sexuality to produce another, the paper investigates how gendered difference is manifested in this research and how the body is produced as a site of intervention.

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