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Losers, Food, and Sex: Clerical Masculinity in the BBC Sitcom Rev.

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dc.creatorOrnella, Alexander D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-15T11:30:02Z
dc.date.available2023-05-15T11:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractClerical masculinities, much like their lay/secular counterparts, often appear unchanging because they are the products of naturalization processes. Clerical masculinities, however, are far from being stable but the live and breathe the dynamics of both their socio-religious context and their secular ‘others’. The BBC sitcom Rev. (2010-2011) is a refreshing take on the everyday life and problems of a vicar in the Church of England trying to avoid stereotypes that often come with clerical roles. Besides its entertainment factor, the sitcom is a valuable site to study the negotiation practices of clerical masculinity in the context of the Church of England. Rev. is not the first and only TV show featuring clerics, but its approach of exploring and inquiring points out that masculinities are never just beneficiaries or performers of power but also subject to power and socio-religious momentums. Uncovering religious negotiation processes of masculinities, Rev. can give an institution that is involved in the ‘production’ of religion a more human face. This paper focuses on the "loser" aspects of the series' male characters, in particular Rev. Adam Smallbone to show that the male characters struggle with fitting in to predefined notions of being a man but at the end of the show learn to appreciate and celebrate their own masculinities.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25364/05.2:2016.2.6
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19441
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/58
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20627
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSchüren
dc.publisher.placeMarburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2617-3697
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal for Religion, Film and Media
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
dc.subjectLosersen
dc.subjectFooden
dc.subjectSexen
dc.subjectClerical Masculinityen
dc.subjectBBCen
dc.subjectSitcomen
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.titleLosers, Food, and Sex: Clerical Masculinity in the BBC Sitcom Rev.en
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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local.coverpage2023-11-22T00:30:34
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/58
local.source.epage122
local.source.issue2
local.source.issueTitleFrom Social Criticism to Hope. The Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers
local.source.spage99
local.source.volume2

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