‘I’m just not gay-gay’: Exploring same-sex desire and sexual minority identity formation in SKAM and its Western European remakes

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI:10.1177/13675494221136616

Frederik Dhaenens, Salma Mediavilla Aboulaoula, Anke Lion

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Abstract

SKAM (NRK, 2015–2017), a popular Norwegian teen drama series, was praised for its season revolving around a nonheterosexual cis-male teenager coming to terms with his sexual desires and identity. Broadcasting companies from predominantly Western European countries bought the format and created local versions. The essay explores how SKAM and three Western European remakes represent same-sex desire and sexual identity formation. We found that the remakes were rather faithful to the politics of representation of the Norwegian source text. Emphasizing authenticity and everyday realism, they situate the teenagers in a Western context that may feature less blatant heterosexism and homophobia but where heteronormativity still co-constructs the process of sexual identity formation and general attitudes towards same-sex desire and LGBTQ culture. We postulate that SKAM and its remakes encourage LGBTQ and heterosexual teens to deconstruct their homonegative prejudices and become aware of the pervasiveness of heteronormativity.

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“我不是同性恋”:探索SKAM及其西欧翻拍版中的同性欲望和性少数身份的形成

《SKAM》（NRK，2015-2017）是一部受欢迎的挪威青少年电视剧，该季围绕着一个非异性恋独联体男性青少年接受自己的性欲和身份而展开，因此受到好评。主要来自西欧国家的广播公司购买了这种格式并制作了当地版本。本文探讨了SKAM和三部西欧翻拍作品如何代表同性欲望和性认同的形成。我们发现，翻拍的作品相当忠实于挪威原始文本的政治表现。他们强调真实性和日常现实主义，将青少年置于西方背景下，这种背景可能不那么明显的异性恋和恐同，但异性恋仍然共同构成了性身份形成的过程以及对同性欲望和LGBTQ文化的普遍态度。我们假设，SKAM及其翻拍作品鼓励LGBTQ和异性恋青少年解构他们的同负偏见，并意识到非规范性的普遍性。

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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期刊介绍： European Journal of Cultural Studies is a major international, peer-reviewed journal founded in Europe and edited from Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, the United States and New Zealand. The journal promotes a conception of cultural studies rooted in lived experience. It adopts a broad-ranging view of cultural studies, charting new questions and new research, and mapping the transformation of cultural studies in the years to come. The journal publishes well theorized empirically grounded work from a variety of locations and disciplinary backgrounds. It engages in critical discussions on power relations concerning gender, class, sexual preference, ethnicity and other macro or micro sites of political struggle.