Female Identities in Lesbian Web Series: Transnational Community Building in Anglo-, Hispano-, and Francophone Contexts

Julia Obermayr

Published by transcript Verlag 2020

Female Identities in Lesbian Web Series

Transnational Community Building in Anglo-, Hispano-, and Francophone Contexts

Julia Obermayr
Funded by: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz , Land Steiermark and Hugo Schuchardt-Foundation

Volume 28 in the series Queer Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839452912

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Lesbian Web Series narrate female-centred stories, strengthen identity construction, and generate transnational communities beyond cultural barriers. Julia Obermayr explores the first definition of a new format, the first representations of lesbian women in US-American, Canadian, and Spanish web series from 2007 and onward, as well as their reciprocal effects regarding identity construction and community building of their transnational, mainly female, audience.
The analyzed corpus comprises scenes taken from Venice the Series (2009) and its backstory »Otalia« on the soap opera Guiding Light (1952-2009), Seeking Simone (2009), Out With Dad (2010), Féminin/ Féminin (2014), Chica Busca Chica (2007) and its cinematic sequel De Chica En Chica (2015), as well as Notas Aparte (2016).

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Julia Obermayr is a cultural studies and media scholar. In 2019 she received the 14th Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society for her research on female identities in Lesbian Web Series. She specializes in cultural studies, social change, lesbian/LGBT+ studies and diversity, minority identities, and female representations in audiovisual media - currently in Corona Fictions - mainly in Romance speaking Europe and the Americas.

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Questions of Methodology and Theoretical Framework
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Analysis of Empirical Data
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Identity; Media; LGBT; Culture; YouTube; Women; US; Canada; Spain; Gender; Internet; Literature; Gender Studies; Queer Theory; American Studies; Romance Studies; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: July 27, 2020
ISBN: 9783839452912