Laurena Bernabo
Biographic Data
| ID | 271044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurena Bernabo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurena |
| FAMILY NAME | Bernabo |
| SIGNATURE | BERNABO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9399-5075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scandalous romantic refraction: Reframing rape culture and coercive control on television
This article provides a critical analysis of the Olivia/Fitz relationship in Scandal, exploring their interactions and the program's treatment of sexual and relational abuse in the context of the popular feminism in U.S. television. Scandal follows Olivia Pope, a political fixer who solves problems for D.C. elites while navigating a tumultuous personal life including an on-again/off-again affair with Fitzgerald Grant, the U.S. President. Olivia a…
Black Lady meets Mammy: Analyzing the emergent televisual trope of the Black Lady therapist
This article explores the recent trend of Black women playing therapists in U.S. television programs to understand how these programs negotiate the controlling images of two seemingly unrelated tropes: the Mammy and the Black Lady. Using sociocultural analysis of two programs featuring a Black Lady Therapist (BLT) from the past decade, we argue the BLT typically functions as a “false positive” representation and she is, in fact, a plastic charact…
So, You Think You Can Parent: Twitter Users’ Responses to Single Father Tropes in Television’s Single Parents
As the U.S. single-father population expands, we explore how fans of Single Parents (ABC, 2018–2020) responded to its three single-father characters, each of whom evoke a distinct trope. Viewers use Twitter to engage television programs, and so their tweets provide insight into societal expectations surrounding evolving gendered parenting norms. Using qualitative content analysis, we analyze viewers’ tweets ( N = 834) and explore the ways viewers…
Copaganda and post-Floyd TVPD: Broadcast television’s response to policing in 2020
After George Floyd was murdered in 2020, U.S. police procedurals faced increased scrutiny with regards to the ideological implications of how police are represented. This genre has historically represented police as the “good guys,” even when they break the rules in their quest for justice, but cop shows face increased public pressure to include more diverse perspectives and stop normalizing brutality. This study examines ten U.S. police procedur…
(De/Re)Constructing LGBT Characters in Latin America: The Implications of Mexican Dubbing for Translating Marginalized Identities
This article responds to calls for more detailed analyses of localization around the world (E. Castelló, 2009; E. Levine, 2009; S. Waisbord & S. Jalfin, 2009) by examining a Mexican dubbing company and its translation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) characters for Latin American audiences. Gay, lesbian, and transgender characters’ identities are alternately maintained and mitigated because of industrial norms and technical const…
Whitewashing diverse voices: (De)constructing race and ethnicity in Spanish-language television dubbing
When television programs are translated for global audiences, languages are changed, but so too are constructions of diverse identities. Characters who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) undergo transformations in order to be intelligible outside of their original national contexts; such transformations might reinforce these characters’ difference or eliminate it, effectively whitewashing BIPOC voices. This article unpacks this phe…
Expanding Television’s Cultural Forum in the Digital Era: Prime Time Television, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter
Twitter updates and expands television’s cultural forum model by letting viewers speak to current events such as the Black Live Matter (BLM) movement. This article analyzes 1,985 tweets in response to three television episodes (Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, and Scandal) that dramatized BLM, and identifies five common themes in how viewers address these representations: thematic appropriateness, timing, producers’ qualifications, institutional …
Expanding Television’s Cultural Forum in the Digital Era: Prime Time Television, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter
Twitter updates and expands television’s cultural forum model by letting viewers speak to current events such as the Black Live Matter (BLM) movement. This article analyzes 1,985 tweets in response to three television episodes (Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, and Scandal) that dramatized BLM, and identifies five common themes in how viewers address these representations: thematic appropriateness, timing, producers’ qualifications, institutional …
Expanding Television’s Cultural Forum in the Digital Era: Prime Time Television, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter
Twitter updates and expands television’s cultural forum model by letting viewers speak to current events such as the Black Live Matter (BLM) movement. This article analyzes 1,985 tweets in response to three television episodes (Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, and Scandal) that dramatized BLM, and identifies five common themes in how viewers address these representations: thematic appropriateness, timing, producers’ qualifications, institutional …
(De/Re)Constructing LGBT Characters in Latin America: The Implications of Mexican Dubbing for Translating Marginalized Identities
This article responds to calls for more detailed analyses of localization around the world (E. Castelló, 2009; E. Levine, 2009; S. Waisbord & S. Jalfin, 2009) by examining a Mexican dubbing company and its translation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) characters for Latin American audiences. Gay, lesbian, and transgender characters’ identities are alternately maintained and mitigated because of industrial norms and technical const…
Whitewashing diverse voices: (De)constructing race and ethnicity in Spanish-language television dubbing
When television programs are translated for global audiences, languages are changed, but so too are constructions of diverse identities. Characters who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) undergo transformations in order to be intelligible outside of their original national contexts; such transformations might reinforce these characters’ difference or eliminate it, effectively whitewashing BIPOC voices. This article unpacks this phe…
Copaganda and post-Floyd TVPD: Broadcast television’s response to policing in 2020
After George Floyd was murdered in 2020, U.S. police procedurals faced increased scrutiny with regards to the ideological implications of how police are represented. This genre has historically represented police as the “good guys,” even when they break the rules in their quest for justice, but cop shows face increased public pressure to include more diverse perspectives and stop normalizing brutality. This study examines ten U.S. police procedur…
So, You Think You Can Parent: Twitter Users’ Responses to Single Father Tropes in Television’s Single Parents
As the U.S. single-father population expands, we explore how fans of Single Parents (ABC, 2018–2020) responded to its three single-father characters, each of whom evoke a distinct trope. Viewers use Twitter to engage television programs, and so their tweets provide insight into societal expectations surrounding evolving gendered parenting norms. Using qualitative content analysis, we analyze viewers’ tweets ( N = 834) and explore the ways viewers…
Black Lady meets Mammy: Analyzing the emergent televisual trope of the Black Lady therapist
This article explores the recent trend of Black women playing therapists in U.S. television programs to understand how these programs negotiate the controlling images of two seemingly unrelated tropes: the Mammy and the Black Lady. Using sociocultural analysis of two programs featuring a Black Lady Therapist (BLT) from the past decade, we argue the BLT typically functions as a “false positive” representation and she is, in fact, a plastic charact…
Scandalous romantic refraction: Reframing rape culture and coercive control on television
This article provides a critical analysis of the Olivia/Fitz relationship in Scandal, exploring their interactions and the program's treatment of sexual and relational abuse in the context of the popular feminism in U.S. television. Scandal follows Olivia Pope, a political fixer who solves problems for D.C. elites while navigating a tumultuous personal life including an on-again/off-again affair with Fitzgerald Grant, the U.S. President. Olivia a…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)