Situated Readings: Introduction to the Special Issue on Yellowstone

Reinhardt Fourie; Hannelie Marx Knoetze

doi:10.25159/1753-5387/18007

Authors

Reinhardt Fourie University of South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8140
Hannelie Marx Knoetze University of South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/1753-5387/18007

Keywords:

Yellowstone, 1883, Taylor Sheridan, branding, gender, race, space, place, television, Western

Abstract

As we write this, the 10 November 2024 release date of the highly anticipated second half of the fifth, and final, season of Taylor Sheridan’s epic neo-Western drama, Yellowstone, lies on the horizon. Within the space of eight years, Sheridan’s series, initially a niche standalone drama picked up by the Paramount Network, has expanded into a large, shared story universe. The contributions to this issue have coalesced around several focus areas which can loosely be categorised as: branding; gender and race; space and place; and situated readings of the series. This special issue of Journal of Literary Studies is, to our knowledge, the first focused publication to critically consider Yellowstone, and it successfully establishes a first critical discussion about the transcultural exchanges that can be found in popular cultural texts such as this that manage to go well beyond their intended boundaries.

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Author Biographies

Reinhardt Fourie, University of South Africa

Reinhardt Fourie studied at the University of Pretoria, Ghent University (Belgium), the University of Leuven (Belgium), and Stellenbosch University. He was previously affiliated to the Department of Afrikaans and the Unit for Academic Literacy at the University of Pretoria. He was lecturer in the Department of English Studies at the University of South Africa (Unisa) between 2014 and 2022. He currently holds the position of senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature (Unisa). His research interests include comparative literature (English/Afrikaans) and postcolonialism.

Reinhardt Fourie studeer aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, Universiteit Gent (België), die Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (België) en Stellenbosch Universiteit. Hy was voorheen verbonde aan die Departement Afrikaans en Eenheid vir Akademiese Geletterdheid aan die Universiteit van Pretoria. Tussen 2014 en 2022 is hy werksaam as lektor in die Departement Engels aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (Unisa). Hy is tans senior lektor in die Departement Afrikaans en Algemene Literatuurwetenskap (Unisa). Sy navorsingsbelangstellings sluit in vergelykende letterkunde (Engels/Afrikaans) en postkolonialisme.

Hannelie Marx Knoetze, University of South Africa

Dr Hannelie Marx Knoetze is a senior-lecturer in the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa. Hannelie does research in Qualitative Social Research, Communication and Media, and Visual Arts. Her current research revolves around the manifestation of whiteness in South African popular cultural texts.