The Role of Popular Culture for Queer Teen Identities' Formation in Netflix's Sex Education

Vázquez-Rodríguez, Lucía-Gloria; García-Ramos, Francisco-José; Zurian, Francisco A.

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dc.contributor.author	Vázquez-Rodríguez, Lucía-Gloria	de
dc.contributor.author	García-Ramos, Francisco-José	de
dc.contributor.author	Zurian, Francisco A.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-18T14:26:34Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-18T14:26:34Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	2183-2439	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/78128
dc.description.abstract	Queer teenagers are avid readers of popular culture; as numerous audience studies prove, television plays a significant role in identity-formation for LGBTIQ+ youth, providing them with the information about sexuality, gender roles or non-normative relationships usually unavailable in their educational and home environments. In this article we analyze how some of the protagonists of Netflix’s TV show Sex Education (2019-present) utilize popular culture as a tool to explore their desires, forbidden fantasies, and gender expressions, becoming instrumental in the formation of their queer identities in a way that metatextually reflects the role LGBTIQ+ shows play for their audiences. Such is the case of Adam, a bisexual teenager that masturbates to the image of a fictional actor featured in a 1980s action film poster; Lily, whose sexual fantasies of role playing with alien creatures are strongly influenced by spatial sci-fi; and Ola, whose onyric universe is influenced by David Bowie’s genderbending aesthetics. However, the most representative example of how popular culture influences the formation of queer identities is Eric, whose non-conforming gender expression follows the example set by the trans characters in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.other	LGBTIQ+ media; Sex Education; gender identity; identity formation; popular culture; queer; teens	de
dc.title	The Role of Popular Culture for Queer Teen Identities' Formation in Netflix's Sex Education	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/4115	de
dc.source.journal	Media and Communication
dc.source.volume	9	de
dc.publisher.country	PRT	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies	en
dc.subject.classoz	Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Media Contents, Content Analysis	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	198-208	de
internal.identifier.classoz	20200
internal.identifier.classoz	1080405
internal.identifier.journal	793
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	300
internal.identifier.ddc	070
dc.source.issuetopic	From Sony's Walkman to RuPaul's Drag Race: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.4115	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	16
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.dda.reference	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/oai/@@oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/4115
ssoar.urn.registration	false	de

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