Too old? The sexuality of 50-year-old women in TV series of the early twenty-first century
From the earliest days of televised fiction, studies have regularly pointed out that there are fewer roles for women in TV series, and that the women portrayed are younger than the men. Age plays a key role in the system of asymmetrical and unequal gender relations, notably through the age gap in he...
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| প্রকাশিত: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh, |
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| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| ভাষা: | Anglais |
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Clio
2022
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | From the earliest days of televised fiction, studies have regularly pointed out that there are fewer roles for women in TV series, and that the women portrayed are younger than the men. Age plays a key role in the system of asymmetrical and unequal gender relations, notably through the age gap in heterosexual couples. Actresses over 50 make very rare appearances, and the characters they play tend to feature in novel sexual story-lines, illustrating unconventional incarnations of femininity and masculinity. The hegemonic concepts of masculinity and femininity prevailing in French society help to explain the “extreme” aspect of these representations. |
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