Something's happening on ABC : queerly reevaluating Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beltrán, Mary C. | |
| dc.creator | Kruger-Robbins, Benjamin | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-14T16:43:01Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2014 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2014-10-14T16:43:02Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This research reconsiders two ABC programs from the early 1990s, Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life, through the frames of queer-theory based textual analysis, press discourse, and fan reception. I begin by arguing that both programs, which emerged in concert with the solidification of queer studies as an academic field, exist as televisual oddities that provided a temporary space for the exploration of queer subjectivities in primetime; this analysis also invokes the non-normative positioning of showrunners David Lynch and Winnie Holzman based on their previous and subsequent work. Secondly, I posit popular press receptions/retrospectives as undermining the queer centrality of both programs by adhering to heteronormative frameworks such as “quality television.” Lastly, I discuss fan reclamations of both programs through slash fiction and collaborative web forums as illuminating the intrinsic queerness of Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life lost through dominant press narratives. | en |
| dc.description.department | Radio-Television-Film | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26541 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Queer | en |
| dc.subject | Television | en |
| dc.subject | Twin peaks | en |
| dc.subject | My so-called life | en |
| dc.subject | ABC | en |
| dc.title | Something's happening on ABC : queerly reevaluating Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Radio-Television-Film | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Radio-Television-Film | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |