Drawing Desire

Male Youth and Homoerotic Fan Art

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7535637
AutoresJeffery P Dennis (SUNY Oneonta, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas6-28
Fecha de publicación2010-01-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of LGBT Youth (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1936-1653 • E-ISSN: 1936-1661
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19361650903507734
OpenAlexW2082292322
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas15

Although Western mass media aimed at juvenile audiences aggressively eliminates any references to same-sex desire and behavior, it inspires a tremendous amount of homoerotic fan art. To determine how same-sex potential is portrayed in juvenile fan art, a content analysis was conducted of 872 male homoerotic images by 442 juvenile male and female artists. Male artists tended to enhance the physicality of their subjects, aging children into adults, transforming nonhumans into humans, and portraying them with bodybuilder's physiques, while female artists tended to minimize or erase physicality. Both imagined situations that reflected the dangers of expressing same-sex desire in a homophobic youth culture, with surprised and often unwelcome responses to a flirtation or kiss. The characters selected for same-sex romance were usually antagonists rather than close friends, again suggesting an environment where desire must be hidden or displaced. The results are discussed in the context of heteronormativity and queer youth resistance

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