True bromance: the authenticity behind the Stewart/McKellen relationship

Raphael, Jackie; Lam, Celia

doi:10.1080/19392397.2017.1365615

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“…Whilst broadly, this paper contributes to debates on the sociological potential of reality television shows, such as Love Island, itsspecific contribution is to a small, but growing body of international scholarship on homosocial relationships and male love stories in television and film (e.g. Benson, 2017;Brook, 2015;DeAngelis, 2014;Nettleton, 2015;Raphael and Lam, 2017;Sedgwick, 1985). A further contribution of this paper is its demonstration of the application of theory drawn from the social sciences can aid understanding on depictions of gender and relationships in these visual media (see also Silverio, Wilkinson, &Wilkinson,2020).…”

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“…After uniting our analysis with our integrated theoretical framework in the discussion, we conclude by outlining the contribution of this paper, not just to debates on the psychosociological potential of reality television shows, but also to a small but growing body of international scholarship (e.g. Benson, 2017;Brook, 2015;DeAngelis, 2014;Nettleton, 2015;Raphael & Lam, 2017;Sedgwick, 1985) on homosocial relationships and male love stories in television and film.…”

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The Male Gaze or Male Gays? From Romance to Bromance through Performances of Gender and Sexuality by two of Love Island’s Favourite Characters

Silverio

Wilkinson

2021

Sexuality & Culture

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This paper draws on two favourite characters from British reality television show, Love Island 2018: Jack Fincham, a former stationery sales manager, and Alex George, an Accident & Emergency [A&E] doctor, to explore how heterosexual norms are constructed and challenged. We study the romantic on-screen relationships these characters have with the female contestants, and between the two male characters themselves through the notion of ‘bromance’. Through a textual analysis of the spoken words and physical interactions between characters in episodes forming the fourth series of Love Island and analysis of social media posts and articles in popular press outlets, we use the notion of gender performativity to explore how these characters perform both hegemonic and, what we argue is, ‘threatened’ masculinity. We use the ‘Male Gaze’ to methodologically lens the performances by characters and their romantic interactions on the television show. In particular, we focus on Jack and Alex’s budding relationship and the condemning of this relationship by the public amid Alex’s termination of his romantic relationship. The decision by Alex to end this relationship led to many viewers questioning his sexuality, with specific reference to his adoration for Jack. Whilst broadly, this paper contributes to debates on the sociological potential of reality television shows, such as Love Island, its specific contribution is to a small, but growing body of international scholarship on homosocial relationships and male love stories in television and film. With this paper, we also contribute towards redressing the marginalization of women within the study of bromance.

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The Male Gaze or Male Gays? From Romance to Bromance through Performances of Gender and Sexuality by two of Love Island’s Favourite Characters

Silverio

Wilkinson

2021

Sexuality & Culture

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“…Banyaknya humor yang ditampilkan dalam meyampaikan nilai-nilai feminin pada webtoon yang diteliti sejalan dengan temuan Lavigne (2013) yang juga menemukan hal serupa. Penelitian Raphael & Lam (2017) menemukan bahwa bromance sering berkomunikasi dan hangout bersama, karakteristik tersebut juga lekat dengan penggambaran bromance yang ada dalam webtoon Just Friends. Pada beberapa temuan penelitian ditemukan adanya homophobia di dalam bromance (Lavigne, 2014;Rennett, 2015;Robinson et al, 2018;Vaughan, 2015).…”

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“…Konsep bromance yang melihat gender sebagai sebuah performa muncul di media sebagai perlawanan dari orthodoxy maskulin. Beragam penggambaran bromance direpresentasikan dalam media-media Barat (Brook, 2015;Lavigne, 2014;Oh, 2018;Raphael & Lam, 2017;Rennett, 2015;Tait, 2016;Vaughan, 2015).…”

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2023

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Various ideologies are contested through the media. Various critical thoughts color several media texts to fight domination. Just like the heterodoxy bromance value against the orthodoxy value of masculine domination through the Just Friends website cartoon. The webtoon can provide information to the public as users of bromance values which can free them from the pressure of dominant values. This study aims to explore the form of bromance resistance as heterodoxy on the Just Friends webtoon. This study uses Greimas semiotic analysis method with samples of two episodes which can be accessed free of charge via the LINE Webtoon. The analysis was carried out by conducting narrative structure analysis, actant analysis and deep structure analysis. The research findings or results show that the existing resistance is carried out both directly and indirectly through narration and webtoon visualization. Bromance's resistance to the doxy of masculine domination is illustrated through the presence of femininity. In conclusion, there are forms of heterodoxy bromance resistance in the Just Friends webtoon.

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