Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Xena: Warrior Princess: reception of the texts by a sample of lesbian fans and web site users.
This qualitative study of television reception examined the ways in which a sample of lesbian fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Xena: Warrior Princess incorporated their experiences as viewers, fans, and Internet users with relation to their sexual identity as lesbians. Specifically, this study examined the ways in which participants used these television programs to inform their sexual identity development. Results indicated that participants used television and the Internet to normalize and affirm lesbian experience, to decrease negative feelings regarding their lesbian identities, and to decrease social isolation.
Collier
Noelle R
NR
Department of Family Sciences, Texas Woman's University, P. O. Box 425769, Denton, TX 76204, USA. ncollier@twu.edu
Lumadue
Christine A
CA
Wooten
H Ray
HR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D013690:Television