The Anti-Hero in the American Novel

Simmons, David

doi:10.1057/9780230612525

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“…Ironic voice-over is often used to call attention to the mediated nature of a text, interrupting or rupturing the notion of a coherent, objective “reality,” and challenging dominant modes of thinking (Simmons 2008, 11–12). The inclusion of irony or dark humor reinforces the metacommentary, allowing audiences—with the social/cultural capital to recognize the irony—to read the text in ways that subvert dominant ideologies and apparent meanings.…”

Section: Narrative Authoritymentioning

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“This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”: Dead Girls and Murderous Boys on Season 1 of Netflix’s You

Rajiva

Patrick

2019

Television & New Media

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The taking up of feminist discourses and practices by a violent misogynist on Netflix’s You is an important departure from mainstream televisual engagements with gendered violence. Drawing on Jackson and Mazzei’s methodological work, we examine “threshold texts” as those that radically destabilize incommensurable political stances such as feminism/misogyny and queer alliance/homophobia. What are the implications of this destabilization for social justice projects? First, we argue that Joe’s voice-over re-centers white, heteronormative masculinity. Second, we examine the implicit homophobia underlying the show’s depiction of female friendships as queer danger. Third, we argue the representations of masculinity offer a hopeless landscape for heteronormative female viewers. We conclude by looking at the paratextual context, specifically actor Penn Badgley’s own ambivalent location as a queer, feminist man playing a character that represents heteronormativity’s deadliest outcome.

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Section: Narrative Authoritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”: Dead Girls and Murderous Boys on Season 1 of Netflix’s You

Rajiva

Patrick

2019

Television & New Media

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“…In der Regel liegt ihr eingeschlagener Weg in einer Enttäuschung durch das bestehende System begründet. Eine zentrale Funktion des Antiheros liegt somit, im starken Kontrast zum Heros, nicht in der Verkörperung gesellschaftlicher Ideale, sondern genau in der Kritik am Wertesystem einer Gemeinschaft durch die Unterminierung des Heroischen (Simmons 2008). Ist also die Idee der Antiheld*innen die Kritik am Heros sowie der durch ihn repräsentierten Gesellschaftsordnung, ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass Antiheld*innen erst Mitte des 20.…”

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Superheld*innen – Gottheiten der Gegenwart?

Wilder

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Superheld*innen fristen trotz ihrer fast 100 Jahre währenden medialen Präsenz ein Nischendasein im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs. Auch wenn dieses aufzubrechen scheint, ist die Perspektive nach wie vor von einer massenkulturkritischen Haltung dominiert, deren Blick notwendigerweise verschlossen bleibt für das Hoffnungsvolle, Orientierende und Bedeutungsvolle ihrer Narrative. Diese überwiegend im Fandiskurs artikulierte Gegenseite erweist sich jedoch als bestens anschlussfähig an eine pädagogische Betrachtungsweise, die durch die vorliegende Arbeit eröffnet wird. Despite their presence in the media for almost 100 years, superheroes have eked out a niche existence in academic discourse. Even if this seems to be breaking up, the perspective is still dominated by an attitude critical of mass culture, whose view necessarily remains closed to the hopeful, orienting, and meaningful aspects of their narratives. However, this opposite side, which is predominantly articulated in the fan discourse, proves to be ideally suited to a pedagogical approach, which is opened up by the present work.

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You Too: The Strategic Use of a Fictional #MeToo Story in Netflix’s You

Petit-Thorne

2022

The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media

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The Anti-Hero in the American Novel

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“This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”: Dead Girls and Murderous Boys on Season 1 of Netflix’s You

“This Is What a Feminist Looks Like”: Dead Girls and Murderous Boys on Season 1 of Netflix’s You

Superheld*innen – Gottheiten der Gegenwart?

You Too: The Strategic Use of a Fictional #MeToo Story in Netflix’s You

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