"According to Their Wills and Pleasures": The Sexual Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television
Sutton, Travis
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Benshoff, Harry M.
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Larke-Walsh, Sandra
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Sahlin, Claire
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University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
2009-05
2009-09-14
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This thesis examines the representation of Mormon men in American film and television, with particular regard for sexual identity and the cultural association of Mormonism with sexuality. The history of Mormonism's unique marital practices and doctrinal approaches to gender and sexuality have developed three common stereotypes for Mormon male characters: the purposeful heterosexual, the monstrous polygamist, and the self-destructive homosexual. Depending upon the sexual stereotype in the narrative, the Mormon Church can function as a proponent for nineteenth-century views of sexuality, a symbol for society's repressed sexuality, or a metaphor for the oppressive effects of performing gender and sexuality according to ideological constraints. These ideas are presented in Mormon films such as Saturday's Warrior (1989) as well as mainstream films such as A Mormon Maid (1917) and Advise and Consent (1962).
gender
Film studies
cultural studies
Mormon studies
Mormon
LDS
Mormon cinema
Utah
stereotypes
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
polygamy
homosexuality
gay and lesbian
heterosexuality
Mormons in motion pictures.
Men in motion pictures.
Men on television.
Sex in motion pictures.
Sex on television.
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Master of Arts
Master's
Radio, Television and Film
Department of Radio, Television and Film
University of North Texas
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