We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation

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dc.contributor.advisorBotha, Martin Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Adamen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-29T07:51:33Z
dc.date.available2015-06-29T07:51:33Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis develops an understanding of animation as transgression based on the work of Christopher Jenks. The research focuses on adult animation, specifically North American primetime television series, as manifestations of a social need to violate and thereby interrogate aspects of contemporary hetero-normative conformity in terms of identity and representation. A thematic analysis of four animated television series, namely Family Guy, Queer Duck, Drawn Together, and Rick & Steve, focuses on the texts themselves and various metatexts that surround these series. The analysis focuses specifically on expressions and manifestations of gay sexuality and sexual taboos and how these are articulated within the animated diegesis. The findings reveal the mutuality between the plasticity of animation, which lends itself to shaping physical representations of reality, and the complex social processes of non-violent cathartic ideological expressions that redefine sociopolitical boundaries. The argument contextualizes the changing face of sexuality and the limits of sexual taboo in terms of current contestations and acceptability and the relationship to animation. Contemporary animation both represents this social performance of transgression and is itself a transgressive product disrupting accepted conventions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Beer, A. (2014). <i>We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13164en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Beer, Adam. <i>"We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13164en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Beer, A. 2014. We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - De Beer, Adam AB - This thesis develops an understanding of animation as transgression based on the work of Christopher Jenks. The research focuses on adult animation, specifically North American primetime television series, as manifestations of a social need to violate and thereby interrogate aspects of contemporary hetero-normative conformity in terms of identity and representation. A thematic analysis of four animated television series, namely Family Guy, Queer Duck, Drawn Together, and Rick & Steve, focuses on the texts themselves and various metatexts that surround these series. The analysis focuses specifically on expressions and manifestations of gay sexuality and sexual taboos and how these are articulated within the animated diegesis. The findings reveal the mutuality between the plasticity of animation, which lends itself to shaping physical representations of reality, and the complex social processes of non-violent cathartic ideological expressions that redefine sociopolitical boundaries. The argument contextualizes the changing face of sexuality and the limits of sexual taboo in terms of current contestations and acceptability and the relationship to animation. Contemporary animation both represents this social performance of transgression and is itself a transgressive product disrupting accepted conventions. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation TI - We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13164 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13164
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Beer A. We’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13164en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm & Television Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleWe’ll have a gay ol’ time : transgressive sexuality and sexual taboo in adult television animationen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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