Research Catalog

Title

Killing off the lesbians : a symbolic annihilation on film and television / Liz Millward, Janice G. Dodd and Irene Fubara-Manuel.

Author

Millward, Liz, 1966-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Additional Authors

• Dodd, Janice G.
• Fubara-Manuel, Irene

Description

v, 205 pages; 23 cm

Summary

So, the film or television lesbian character dies. It seems to happen frequently. But does it really? If so, is it something new? Surveying the fates of numerous characters over decades, this study shows that killing off the lesbian is not a new trend. It is a form of symbolic annihilation and it has had an impact in real life. When more women are working behind the scenes, what appears on-screen also becomes more diverse--yet unhappily the story lines don't necessarily change. From the Xenaverse to GLAAD to the Lexa Pledge, fans have demanded better. As fan fiction migrates from the computer screen to the printed page, authors reanimate the dead and insist on happy endings -- Back cover.

Subject

• Lesbianism on television
• Lesbians in motion pictures

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The evil/dead lesbian - what a cliché! -- The subtext will not protect you -- Who poisoned the box office? -- All the dead lesbians (IRL) -- It gets better -- Fans demand better -- Rejecting death narratives.

ISBN

• 9781476668161
• 1476668167

OCLC

967500786

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library