"I'm not a box. There's more than four sides to me." : En kvalitativ textanalys av karaktären Kurt Hummel och den homosexuella stereotypen

Arbetet består av en närläsning av karaktären Kurt Hummel i tv-serien Glee med fokus på stereotyper för homosexuella män, och hur Kurt förhåller sig till dem stereotyperna. Studien är gjord utifrån ett queerteoretiskt perspektiv och visar att Kurt i viss mån framställs stereotypt i seriens tidigare avsnitt, men att han efter hand uppvisar ett djup och komplexitet som man inte ofta ser hos homosexuella karaktärer på tv.

Portrait of Kurt Lichtenstein with his wife Portraits Couples

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Kurt Hirschfeld seated in his study Portraits Men

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Kurt Hirschfeld (left) speaking with Thomas Mann Portraits Groups Men

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Godshaw (Gottschalk) children Hal, Elisabeth, Kurt, Walter, Ursula, and Freddy.

Front row from left to right: Walter, Ursula, Freddy; top row from left to right: Hal, Elisabeth, Kurt

Studio Portrait of Elizabeth, Kurt and Hal Godshaw (Gottschalk).

From left to right: Elizabeth, Kurt, Hal Godshaw

Kurt and Hal Gottschalk exercising with a medicine ball in a reproduction of an illustration for the book "Kinder-Turnen in Haus" by Fritz Strube. Sports

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Kurt Godshaw (Gottschalk) as a teenager lying in a meadow; Hannover, Germany.

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Wedding portrait of Kurt Godshaw (Gottschalk) and Edith Godshaw nee Osterer; Quito, Ecuador. Portraits Couples

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Kurt and Edith Godshaw (Gottschalk) nee Osterer during a visit with Maren Matthiesen; Switzerland.

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Freddy, Ursula, Elizabeth, Hal, Walter, and Kurt Gottschalk sharing a bed with their parents.

From left to right: Fred Gottschalk, grandma, Ursula Gottschalk, Elizabeth Gottschalk, grandpa, Hal Gottschalk, Walter Gottschalk, and Kurt Gottschalk

Walter, Freddy, Kurt and Elizabeth Gottschalk with their mother Therese Gottschalk nee Molling, and the maid on an easter egg hunt; Hannover, Germany.

From left to right: Walter Gottschalk, Therese Gottschalk nee Molling, Freddy Gottschalk, the maid, Kurt Gottschalk, and Elizabeth Gottschalk

Henny Molling with Therese, Hal, Kurt and Elizabeth Gottschalk at the swim club; Hannover, Germany.

From left to right: Therese Gottschalk, Hal Gottschalk, Kurt Gottschalk, Henny Molling; on the ground: Elizabeth Gottschalk

Portrait of the six Gottschalk children Walter, Ursula, Freddy, Hal, Elizabeth and Kurt in garden; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

Front row from left to right: Walter, Ursula, and Freddy; back row from left to right: Hal, Elizabeth, and Kurt Godshaw; picture was probably taken in their backyard on Seelhorststrasse in Hannover, Germany

Studio Portrait of Elizabeth, Kurt and Hal Godshaw (Gottschalk).

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