Homophobia, heteronormativity, and slash fan fiction
I analyze the relationship between homophobia/heteronormativity and slash fan fiction. Through reading and coding almost 6,000 pages of Kirk/Spock fan fiction written from 1978 to 2014, I illuminate shifts in how normative gender and sexuality are portrayed by K/S authors. Writers of K/S, while oste...
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2016-09-01
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| description | I analyze the relationship between homophobia/heteronormativity and slash fan fiction. Through reading and coding almost 6,000 pages of Kirk/Spock fan fiction written from 1978 to 2014, I illuminate shifts in how normative gender and sexuality are portrayed by K/S authors. Writers of K/S, while ostensibly writing about the 23rd century, consciously or unconsciously include cultural norms from the 20th and 21st centuries. Thus, slash becomes a lens through which readers can view a decrease in both homophobia and heteronormativity in US culture over the past several decades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-724cc9811c1e4cb69a886b609955a7d52022-12-21T22:22:01ZengOrganization for Transformative WorksTransformative Works and Cultures1941-22581941-22582016-09-012210.3983/twc.2016.0708Homophobia, heteronormativity, and slash fan fictionApril S. Callis0Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, United StatesI analyze the relationship between homophobia/heteronormativity and slash fan fiction. Through reading and coding almost 6,000 pages of Kirk/Spock fan fiction written from 1978 to 2014, I illuminate shifts in how normative gender and sexuality are portrayed by K/S authors. Writers of K/S, while ostensibly writing about the 23rd century, consciously or unconsciously include cultural norms from the 20th and 21st centuries. Thus, slash becomes a lens through which readers can view a decrease in both homophobia and heteronormativity in US culture over the past several decades.http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/708/699K/SKirk/SpockStar Treksexuality |
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