Lauren Alexandra Sowa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6813731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Alexandra Sowa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Sowa |
| SIGNATURE | SOWA L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond Benson
This article analyzes television’s (2010s) female detectives, Olivia Benson of Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 1999–) and Tara Dessel of Grenslanders (AVROTROS, 2019), as a cross-cultural example of compromised and negotiated female masculinity. Their designed traits of “heterosexuality” and/or “the feminine” are used as countering affects to undermine the female masculinity and queer ambiguity of these characters. Through Detective Dessel, I demonstrate …
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Beyond Benson
This article analyzes television’s (2010s) female detectives, Olivia Benson of Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 1999–) and Tara Dessel of Grenslanders (AVROTROS, 2019), as a cross-cultural example of compromised and negotiated female masculinity. Their designed traits of “heterosexuality” and/or “the feminine” are used as countering affects to undermine the female masculinity and queer ambiguity of these characters. Through Detective Dessel, I demonstrate …
Ambiguity (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work) · Heterosexuality (1 work) · Human sexuality (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Masculinity (1 work) · Media Studies and Communication (1 work)