Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 903631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aviva Dove-Viebahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aviva |
| FAMILY NAME | Dove-Viebahn |
| SIGNATURE | DOVE-VIEBAHN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4738-5484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Controlling the narrative, examining the self: The unruly femme subjectivity of Fleabag
This article challenges conventions of normative femininity and popular feminism by examining the television show Fleabag (2016–2019) and the destabilizing tendencies of its unnamed protagonist (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), who insistently breaks the fourth wall, implying a form of narrative agency. However, her refusal and/or inability to conform to expectations around public decency, feminine norms, and heterosexual romance also betray a lack of narr…
Fantasies of white feminism: The human as “Other” in Captain Marvel
This essay examines the first woman-centered film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel (2019), which was both lauded and criticized in reviews for its unambiguous feminism. I use intersectional and Black feminist theoretical frameworks to argue that the film exemplifies a white feminist ideology whereby protagonist Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) humanity and womanhood come to stand in for her marginalization as an Other within the logic…
Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community
Queer eye for the housewife: Julianne Moore, radical femme-ininity, and destabilizing the suburban family
This article uses the concept of "radical femme-ininity" to signal the queering of femininity as a political gesture, one that relies on misinterpretations of cisgender femininity as straight in order to disrupt normative expectations around gender roles and gendered behavior. I situate my analysis in relation to theories about femme identity, femininity in heteronormative spaces, and queerness/lesbianism as a productively destabilizing lens with…
Embodying Hybridity, (En)gendering Community: Captain Janeway and the Enactment of a Feminist Heterotopia on Star Trek: Voyager
Embodying Hybridity, (En)gendering Community: Captain Janeway and the Enactment of a Feminist Heterotopia on Star Trek: Voyager
Queer eye for the housewife: Julianne Moore, radical femme-ininity, and destabilizing the suburban family
This article uses the concept of "radical femme-ininity" to signal the queering of femininity as a political gesture, one that relies on misinterpretations of cisgender femininity as straight in order to disrupt normative expectations around gender roles and gendered behavior. I situate my analysis in relation to theories about femme identity, femininity in heteronormative spaces, and queerness/lesbianism as a productively destabilizing lens with…
Embodying Hybridity, (En)gendering Community: Captain Janeway and the Enactment of a Feminist Heterotopia on Star Trek: Voyager
Queer eye for the housewife: Julianne Moore, radical femme-ininity, and destabilizing the suburban family
This article uses the concept of "radical femme-ininity" to signal the queering of femininity as a political gesture, one that relies on misinterpretations of cisgender femininity as straight in order to disrupt normative expectations around gender roles and gendered behavior. I situate my analysis in relation to theories about femme identity, femininity in heteronormative spaces, and queerness/lesbianism as a productively destabilizing lens with…
Fantasies of white feminism: The human as “Other” in Captain Marvel
This essay examines the first woman-centered film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel (2019), which was both lauded and criticized in reviews for its unambiguous feminism. I use intersectional and Black feminist theoretical frameworks to argue that the film exemplifies a white feminist ideology whereby protagonist Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) humanity and womanhood come to stand in for her marginalization as an Other within the logic…
Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community
Controlling the narrative, examining the self: The unruly femme subjectivity of Fleabag
This article challenges conventions of normative femininity and popular feminism by examining the television show Fleabag (2016–2019) and the destabilizing tendencies of its unnamed protagonist (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), who insistently breaks the fourth wall, implying a form of narrative agency. However, her refusal and/or inability to conform to expectations around public decency, feminine norms, and heterosexual romance also betray a lack of narr…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Femininity (2 works)