Striving for visibility
Motivated by the lack of visibility experienced by LGBT elders in present-day media, this dissertation explores two radically different texts dealing with elderly gay men, American author Christopher Bram's tragic novel Father of Frankenstein (1995) and ITV's British sitcom Vicious (2013-)...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:138014 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/138014 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Homosexuals en la literatura Teoria queer Vellesa en la literatura Homosexuals en el cinema Masculinitat en la literatura Masculinitat en el cinema Masculinitat en la televisió Bram, Christopher. Father of Frankenstein Vicious (Programa de televisió) Minories sexuals |
| Sumario: | Motivated by the lack of visibility experienced by LGBT elders in present-day media, this dissertation explores two radically different texts dealing with elderly gay men, American author Christopher Bram's tragic novel Father of Frankenstein (1995) and ITV's British sitcom Vicious (2013-). Through my analysis of these texts, I seek to argue that, despite prejudices concerning gay and old people, elderly gay men can be represented in fiction as strong-willed, resolute and capable of agency, resisting and subverting social stigmas. In so doing, I also wish to claim visibility for this overlooked demographic, concluding with a prediction that, as new generations reach old age, a more solid tradition of works on this collective will emerge. |
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