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Identity and Solidarity in Online Communities: Queer Identities and Glee

Buckely, Katie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1399973209

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2014, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Ethnomusicology.
Glee, a popular FOX television show that began airing in 2009, has continuously pushed the limits of what is acceptable on American television. This musical comedy, focusing on a high school glee club, incorporates numerous stereotypes and real-world teenage struggles. This thesis focuses on the queer characteristics of four female personalities: Santana, Brittany, Coach Beiste, and Coach Sue. I investigate how their musical performances are producing a constructive form of mass media by challenging hegemonic femininity through camp and by producing relatable queer female role models. In addition, I take an ethnographic approach by examining online fan blogs from the host site Tumblr. By reading the blogs as a digital archive and interviewing the bloggers, I show the positive and negative effects of an online community and the impact this show has had on queer girls, allies, and their worldviews.
Katherine Meizel (Advisor)
Kara Attrep (Committee Member)
Megan Rancier (Committee Member)
85 p.
Gender; Gender Studies; Glbt Studies; Music
Glee; Queer; online community; blogs; camp; androgyny; femme; mainstream;

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  • Buckely, K. (2014). Identity and Solidarity in Online Communities: Queer Identities and Glee [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1399973209

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Buckely, Katie. Identity and Solidarity in Online Communities: Queer Identities and Glee. 2014. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1399973209.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Buckely, Katie. "Identity and Solidarity in Online Communities: Queer Identities and Glee." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1399973209

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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