Women in/as heterotopias in Fleabag
Urban space, the female body, and gendered solidarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12689269 |
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| Authors | Lu Yin (0009-0008-3327-9788, Shanghai University, corresponding author), Yixin Lu (0000-0001-6515-1940, Shanghai University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14680777.2026.2635504 |
| OpenAlex | W7133935097 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The BBC’s dark comedy Fleabag offers a complex portrayal of a young woman’s struggle to negotiate loss, intimacy, and gendered expectations in the urban spaces of contemporary London. This article argues that the show constructs a series of heterotopic spaces, such as the father’s house, the café, the church, and the female body itself, that reflect and resist patriarchal control. These gendered spaces not only symbolize the contradictions of female experience but also provide potential sites for reclaiming agency. Through the lens of feminist spatial theory, Fleabag reveals how space is socially produced, how bodies act as sites of meaning and resistance, and how solidarity, across gender as well as among women, can transform the oppressive textures of urban life.
Gender identity · Narrative · Solidarity · Work (physics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Migration and Exile Studies · Spatial and Cultural Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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