The Pleasure and Pain of Chasing Amy
Analyzing Reactions to Blurred Identities and Sexualities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12759191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Alexander (0000-0002-6325-6914, corresponding author), Karen Yescavage (0000-0003-3091-6776) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 115-135 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j159v01n04_10 |
| OpenAlex | W791588443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Kevin Smith's film Chasing Amy met with a great diversity of response among lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. Some lauded the film as an honest and complex exploration of sexuality, while others castigated it for portraying what they took to be stereotypical, even homophobic characters. Hoping to understand these diverse reactions better, we collected multiple viewer responses to the film for analysis and interpretation. Ultimately, we argue that the reactions we found bespeak both competing and shifting attitudes about the nature of sexuality and its relationship to identity in our culture. Further, we discuss how reactions to the film cluster around certain identifiable and significant categories; for instance, some responses trouble the gay/straight dichotomy, others reassert that dichotomy, and still others explore possible images of self beyond that dichotomy, such as a bisexual or bi-eroticidentity
Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Pleasure · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Media Influence and Health · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |