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Tracing the Ephemeral: ‘Lesbian’ Characters in Greek Television Comedies

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dc.contributor.editorPajala, Mari
dc.contributor.editorEllis, John
dc.creatorChairetis, Spyridon
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T07:44:04Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T07:44:04Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how Greek television fiction introduced and represented lesbian characters during primetime. Drawing on feminist and queer theory and taking the codes and conventions of the comedy genre into account, the paper reveals Greek comedy’s elusive and ambiguous stances towards heteronormativity. By applying a qualitative textual approach, the paper argues that despite their subversive potentialities, the television shows in question (re)produce cultural stereotypes about lesbian identity, invest in queerbaiting strategies and play down the transgressive elements of certain lesbian characters. Despite this critique, the paper stresses the importance of recording, archiving, and further exploring such ephemeral moments in television history in understanding how small national television industries as well as audiences have engaged with the visual representation of gender and sexual diversity.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.18146/view.248
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/16249
dc.identifier.issnissn:2213-0969
dc.identifier.urihttps://viewjournal.eu/articles/10.18146/view.248/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/17101
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNetherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
dc.publisher.placeHilversum
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectComedyen
dc.subjectGreek Televisionen
dc.subjectTelevision Seriesen
dc.subjectLesbianismen
dc.subjectQueeren
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.titleTracing the Ephemeral: ‘Lesbian’ Characters in Greek Television Comediesen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArticleen
local.coverpage2021-07-16T10:17:28
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttp://doi.org/10.18146/view.248
local.source.epage98
local.source.issue19
local.source.spage89
local.source.volume10

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