Female Homosexuality in a Heteronormative Narrative. From "The Bell Jar" to "Sex and the City"


Term Paper, 2017

15 Pages, Grade: 1,3

Franziska We (Author)


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Table of Contents

1. Homosexualit:y a Threat to Heteronormativity?

2. Maria, Joan, and their Clash With the Norms
2.1. Samantha’s and Maria’s Relationship
2.2. Esther’s and Joan’s Friendship

3. Time Frames and Heterosexual Struggles with Homosexuality
3.1. The 1950s and “Compulsory Heterosexuality”
3.2. On Joan’s Death and the Lesbian Threat
3.3. The 1990s, 2000s, and Gay Rights
3.4. “Compulsory Heterosexuality” in Sex and the City

4. Lesbianism and Femininity
4.1. Lesbian Stereotypes in The Bell Jar
4.2. The Impossibility of Lesbian Relationships in Sex and the City
4.3. Defeating the “Lesbian Threat”?
4.4. Heteronormativity in the 1950s and the Early 2000s

5. Female Identities in a Heteronormative Society..10 Works Cited

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Title
Female Homosexuality in a Heteronormative Narrative. From "The Bell Jar" to "Sex and the City"
College
University of Regensburg
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2017
Pages
15
Catalog Number
V412054
ISBN (eBook)
9783668641693
ISBN (Book)
9783668641709
File size
1304 KB
Language
English
Keywords
female, homosexuality, heteronormative, narrative, from, bell, city
Quote paper
Franziska We (Author), 2017, Female Homosexuality in a Heteronormative Narrative. From "The Bell Jar" to "Sex and the City", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/412054

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