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Romantic female friendships as resistance: subversive web series in the United States and India
New Review of Film and Television Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/17400309.2019.1664052
Molly Bandonis 1 , Namrata Rele Sathe 1
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ABSTRACT The current representative wave of romantic female friendships (Girls, Broad City, Insecure) in the United States owes a great deal to the web series. The online platform bypasses conventions of the romantic comedy, which prioritize heterosexual romance over female relationships. This article seeks to bring two geographies (United States and India) into conversation with one another via a textual analysis of two such web series: Brown Girls (US) and Ladies Room (India). These stories of female friendship explore the unique concerns of urban female identity, sexuality, and solidarity. A central question we address in this textual dialogue is how these representations subvert and critically engage their respective political climates of neoconservatism. Brown Girls and Ladies Room move away from prioritizing heteronormative relationships reflects the transcultural disillusionment with the ideology of containment that defines the genre of romantic comedy. The acceptance of the romantic female friendship narrative within the mainstream thus fosters new critiques of old illusions of monogamous coupling, feminine duty, and heteronormative subjectivities.

中文翻译:

浪漫的女性友谊作为抵抗:美国和印度的颠覆性网络系列

摘要当前,在美国,代表浪漫主义女性友谊(女孩,广阔城市,不安全感)的代表浪潮很大程度上要归功于网络系列。在线平台绕过了浪漫喜剧的惯例,该惯例优先考虑异性恋而不是女性关系。本文旨在通过对两个这样的网络系列进行文本分析,使两个地区(美国和印度)彼此对话:布朗女孩(美国)和女士室(印度)。这些关于女性友谊的故事探讨了城市女性身份,性和团结的独特关切。我们在文本对话中解决的一个中心问题是这些表象如何颠覆和批判地介入其各自的新保守主义政治气氛。Brown Girls and Ladies Room不再优先考虑异性规范关系,这反映了跨文化的幻灭与遏制意识形态,这种意识形态界定了浪漫喜剧的类型。因此,主流女性对浪漫的女性友谊叙事的接受,促使人们对一夫一妻制,女性责任和异性规范主观的旧幻想进行新的批判。
更新日期:2020-01-02
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