Anatomy of a Wedding: Examining Religiosity, Feminism, and Weddings in GREY’S ANATOMY

Medical drama "Grey’s Anatomy" features weddings as pivotal life events, with 14 unions portrayed over the program’s 13 seasons on ABC. This paper is a synthetic approach combining communication, gender studies, and rigorous methodology to examine weddings in "Grey’s Anatomy" through a feminist lens...

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description Medical drama "Grey’s Anatomy" features weddings as pivotal life events, with 14 unions portrayed over the program’s 13 seasons on ABC. This paper is a synthetic approach combining communication, gender studies, and rigorous methodology to examine weddings in "Grey’s Anatomy" through a feminist lens. We employ Butler’s theory of gender performance and Rich’s concept of compulsory heterosexuality to examine weddings throughout the show’s extensive run. Depictions of women and weddings demonstrate dissonance between hegemonic gender performance and the potential to redefine the performance of “woman” in one’s own ways. Tension exists between the program’s portrayal of traditional heterosexual weddings and its progressive inclusion of a lesbian ceremony. We argue that the program’s portrayal of both traditional “white” weddings and ceremonies which are more private and self-defined reflect the challenges inherent in navigating cultural expectations and personal objectives associated with performing as a “woman” in contemporary culture.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-631982022-02-11T15:07:23Z Anatomy of a Wedding: Examining Religiosity, Feminism, and Weddings in GREY’S ANATOMY Sharon Lauricella Hannah M Scott Medical drama "Grey’s Anatomy" features weddings as pivotal life events, with 14 unions portrayed over the program’s 13 seasons on ABC. This paper is a synthetic approach combining communication, gender studies, and rigorous methodology to examine weddings in "Grey’s Anatomy" through a feminist lens. We employ Butler’s theory of gender performance and Rich’s concept of compulsory heterosexuality to examine weddings throughout the show’s extensive run. Depictions of women and weddings demonstrate dissonance between hegemonic gender performance and the potential to redefine the performance of “woman” in one’s own ways. Tension exists between the program’s portrayal of traditional heterosexual weddings and its progressive inclusion of a lesbian ceremony. We argue that the program’s portrayal of both traditional “white” weddings and ceremonies which are more private and self-defined reflect the challenges inherent in navigating cultural expectations and personal objectives associated with performing as a “woman” in contemporary culture. 2021-02-12T10:11:53Z 2021-02-12T10:11:53Z 2020-09-03 10:24:33 2018 chapter 47010 2414-0201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63198 eng Journal for Religion, Film and Media image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.schueren-verlag.de/programm/titel/597-who-being-loved-is-poor-jrfm-2-2018.html https://jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/113 Schüren Verlag “Who, Being Loved, Is Poor?” - Material and Media Dimensions of Weddings 10.25364/05.4:2018.2.1 10.25364/05.4:2018.2.1 5b80c228-3393-4862-a8e9-6c35a63484f1 59b107e4-271c-436d-bd59-398b42d17d3b 39-53 open access
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