Author, as appears in the article.: Araüna N., Tortajada I., Capdevila A.
Department: Estudis de Comunicació
URV's Author/s: Araüna Baro, Nuria / Capdevila Gómez, Aranzazu Maria / Tortajada Gimenez, Yolanda
Keywords: Symbolic violence Sexual relationships Post-feminism Love socialization Gender studies Fiction tv
Abstract: This research focuses on the way in which Spanish teenagers negotiate a highly rated global format TV series regarding representations of affective and sexual relationships. Results from two focus groups show that teenagers do not problematize the link between violence and desire implied by the storyline. Girls express a consensual admiration towards female characters with post-feminist traits and also show their desire to experience the main female character's love story, which reflects traditional femininity. In both cases, suffering and sacrifices for love's sake are justified; furthermore, men who are tough yet sweet are considered extremely attractive. Boys seem to be more reluctant to enter into and tolerate troubled relationships. They try to distance themselves from the narrative of the series, mocking the main male character. Teenagers say they are not affected by media products, yet they strongly identify with the characters and the storylines
Thematic Areas: Multidisciplinar Información y documentación General o multidisciplinar Cultural studies Communication
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 17571898
Author's mail: yolanda.tortajada@urv.cat arantxa.capdevila@urv.cat nuria.arauna@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-9310-652X 0000-0003-3030-0488 0000-0002-1997-2833
Record's date: 2023-04-01
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Catalan Journal Of Communication & Cultural Studies. 5 (1): 35-50
APA: Araüna N., Tortajada I., Capdevila A. (2013). So cruel...yet so cool: Teenager readings of love and attraction on Sin tetas no hay paraíso. Catalan Journal Of Communication & Cultural Studies, 5(1), 35-50. DOI: 10.1386/cjcs.5.1.35_1
Article's DOI: 10.1386/cjcs.5.1.35_1
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2013
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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