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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Xena: Warrior Princess : Reception of the Texts by a Sample of Lesbian Fans and Web Site Users

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 56; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00918360903005253

1540-3602

Noelle R. Collier, Christine A. Lumadue, H. Ray Wooten,

Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

This qualitative study of television reception examined the ways in which a sample of lesbian fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Xena: Warrior Princess incorporated their experiences as viewers, fans, and Internet users with relation to their sexual identity as lesbians. Specifically, this study examined the ways in which participants used these television programs to inform their sexual identity development. Results indicated that participants used television and the Internet to normalize and affirm lesbian experience, to decrease negative feelings regarding their lesbian identities, and to decrease social isolation.