Bc. Tamara Svobodová

Bachelor's thesis

The Queer Outcasts: Three Decades of Queer-Coded Characters in Mainstream Animation

The Queer Outcasts: Three Decades of Queer-Coded Characters in Mainstream Animation
Abstract:
Zavedení cenzury v rané produkci hollywoodských studií vedlo ke stereotypizaci zakázaných témat. Metoda queer coding (queer kódování) se stala vzorem pro explicitní reprezentaci LGBTQ+ postav na obrazovkách a její vliv stále přetrvává v tradiční mainstreamové animované produkci. Tato bakalářská diplomová práce analyzuje vývoj užívání metody queer coding v Malé mořské víle (1989), Příběhu žraloka (2004 …more
Abstract:
The enforcement of censorship in early Hollywood production resulted in the stereotypical depiction of what has been banished from the screen. The practice of queer coding has paved the path for queer characters onto the screen and still has a heavy impact on the traditional environment of mainstream animated production. This thesis aims to demonstrate the evolution of queer coding in The Little Mermaid …more
 

Keywords

The Little Mermaid Shark Tale Luca queer coding LGBTQ+ queer heteronormativity animation stereotypes sissy villain camp gay ‘bury your gays’
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 5. 2022
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/y213w/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 9. 6. 2022
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Bc. Tereza Walsbergerová, Ph.D.
  • Reader: M.A. Jeffrey Alan Smith, Ph.D.

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