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Anatomy of a Wedding: Examining Religiosity, Feminism, and Weddings in Grey’s Anatomy

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dc.creatorLauricella, Sharon
dc.creatorScott, Hannah M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-17T16:53:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17T16:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMedical drama "Grey’s Anatomy" features weddings as pivotal life events, with 14 unions portrayed over the program’s 13 seasons on ABC. This paper is a synthetic approach combining communication, gender studies, and rigorous methodology to examine weddings in "Grey’s Anatomy" through a feminist lens. We employ Butler’s theory of gender performance and Rich’s concept of compulsory heterosexuality to examine weddings throughout the show’s extensive run. Depictions of women and weddings demonstrate dissonance between hegemonic gender performance and the potential to redefine the performance of “woman” in one’s own ways. Tension exists between the program’s portrayal of traditional heterosexual weddings and its progressive inclusion of a lesbian ceremony. We argue that the program’s portrayal of both traditional “white” weddings and ceremonies which are more private and self-defined reflect the challenges inherent in navigating cultural expectations and personal objectives associated with performing as a “woman” in contemporary cultureen
dc.identifier.doi10.25364/05.4:2018.2.3
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19478
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/113
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20668
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.subjectWeddingen
dc.subjectReligiosityen
dc.subjectFeminismen
dc.subjectWeddingsen
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.subject.workGREY’S ANATOMY
dc.titleAnatomy of a Wedding: Examining Religiosity, Feminism, and Weddings in Grey’s Anatomyen
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dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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local.coverpage2023-05-17T19:07:46
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/113
local.source.epage53
local.source.issue2
local.source.issueTitle"Who, Being Loved, Is Poor?" Material and Media Dimensions of Weddings
local.source.spage39
local.source.volume4
local.subject.gndhttps://d-nb.info/gnd/7684074-8
local.subject.wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438406

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