Masculinity, Gender and Sexuality in Black Mirror: Striking Vipers (Patreon)

Masculinity, Gender and Sexuality in Black Mirror: Striking Vipers

Black Mirror Season 5 was released just a couple of weeks ago and Striking Vipers, starring Anthony Mackie, kicks things off with style. Having made a couple of Black Mirror analysis videos in the past, I thought I'd put some of the concepts surrounding queer theory, sexuality, gender and masculinity that we've begun to take a look at in my What the Theory? series into practice in unpacking this new episode. There are a bunch of "Black Mirror Striking Vipers Ending Explained" type videos out there already but, in this video essay, I take a slightly more theoretically-informed look at how the episode engages with ideas surrounding masculinity, gender and sexuality. Further Reading Masculinities by R.W. Connell US: https://amzn.to/2X8GZlw UK: https://amzn.to/2ZTNFkt Queer Theory: An Introduction by Annamarie Jagose US: https://amzn.to/2INKp4l UK: https://amzn.to/2X8YCkZ [The above are affiliate links. I receive a small kickback from anything you buy which, in turn, helps to support the channel.] If you've enjoyed this video and would like to see more including my What The Theory? series in which I provide some snappy introductions to key theories in cultural studies and the wider humanities as well as more video essays in this vein then please do consider subscribing. And, if you'd like to support the channel and what I do here, then I'd love it if you'd check out my Patreon page at http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Thanks for watching! Twitter: @Tom_Nicholas Website: www.tomnicholas.com