Disrupting masculinity: Locating Indian OTT web series as quality television and sites of subversive masculine representations

IF 0.9 2区艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

Critical Studies in Television Pub Date : 2025-11-13 DOI:10.1177/17496020251398338

Sreedarsana R Nair, Luke Gerard Christie

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Abstract

This paper addresses a void in academic discourse by scrutinising Indian OTT web series as exemplars of ‘quality’ television, referencing the criteria outlined by television scholar Thompson (1996). Drawing on Albrecht’s (2016) examination of masculinity in contemporary quality television, the study endeavours to explore how Indian web series provide fertile ground for diverse portrayals of masculinity in contrast to conventional soap operas that are sometimes seen to reinforce gender stereotypes. Focussing on two Amazon Prime Video series, the analysis seeks to shed light on the cultural significance of Indian web series and their subversive masculine representations.

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颠覆男性气质：定位印度OTT网络系列作为高质量的电视和网站的颠覆性男性表征

本文参考电视学者Thompson（1996）提出的标准，将印度OTT网络连续剧作为“高质量”电视的范例，从而解决了学术话语中的一个空白。借鉴Albrecht（2016）对当代高质量电视中男性气质的研究，该研究试图探索印度网络连续剧如何为男性气质的多样化描绘提供肥沃的土壤，而传统肥皂剧有时被视为强化性别刻板印象。以亚马逊Prime视频的两部剧集为例，分析旨在揭示印度网络剧集的文化意义及其颠覆性的男性化表现。

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Critical Studies in Television FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-

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2.10

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30.00%

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期刊介绍： Critical Studies in Television publishes articles that draw together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking, to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline. It welcomes contributions on any aspect of television—production studies and institutional histories, audience and reception studies, theoretical approaches, conceptual paradigms and pedagogical questions. It continues to invite analyses of the compositional principles and aesthetics of texts, as well as contextual matters relating to both contemporary and past productions. CST also features book reviews, dossiers and debates. The journal is scholarly but accessible, dedicated to generating new knowledge and fostering a dynamic intellectual platform for television studies.