Title
On a Good Day, You Get to Kill a Whore: Narrative Misogyny and Female Audiences in Supernatural
Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
M.A. in Sociology
First Advisor
Minjoo Oh
Second Advisor
Ross Haenfler
Third Advisor
Kirsten Dellinger
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
In this paper, I attempt to analyze the function of gender messages in media texts and the engagement of audiences with these messages. I adopt an interdisciplinary approach, applying theoretical and methodological concepts from both film studies and audience studies, in order to develop a new model through which to study media texts and fans. I apply this model to an analysis of female characters in the television program Supernatural and to self-identified female fans of Supernatural. Throughout the paper, I contend that such an interdisciplinary model is necessary for understanding media texts and audiences, and I conclude that media fans act as academics in their reading and interpretation of media texts.
Recommended Citation
Richard, Jordan, "On a Good Day, You Get to Kill a Whore: Narrative Misogyny and Female Audiences in Supernatural" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 245.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/245