The history of trans representation in American television and film genres / Traci B. Abbott.
Abbott, Traci B. author.
2022
HQ77.9
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Title The history of trans representation in American television and film genres / Traci B. Abbott.
Author Abbott, Traci B. author.
ISBN 9783030977931 (electronic bk.)
3030977935 (electronic bk.)
9783030977924
3030977927
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97793-1
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-97793-1 doi
Call Number HQ77.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.45653
Summary Due to the increase in transgender characters in scripted television and film in the 2010s, trans visibility has been presented as a relatively new phenomenon that has positively shifted the cis societys acceptance of the trans community. This book counters this claim to assert that such representations actually present limited and harmful characterizations, as they have for decades. To do so, this book analyzes transgender narratives in scripted visual media from the 1960s to 2010s across a variety of genres, including independent and mainstream films and television dramatic series and sitcoms, judging not the veracity of such representations per se but dissecting their transphobia as a constant despite relevant shifts that have improved their veracity and variety. Already ingrained with their own ideological expectations, genres shift the framing of the trans character, particularly the relevance of their gender difference for cisgender characters and society. The popularity of trans characters within certain genres also provides a historical lineage that is examined against the progression of transgender rights activism and corresponding transphobic falsehoods, concluding that this popular medium continues to offer a limited and narrow conception of gender, the variability of the transgender experience, and the range of transgender identities.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Bodies Under Scrutiny
Chapter 2: Trans Identity as a Cis Problem or the Cis Surprise
Chapter 3: Comedic Romance: Trans Props and Pathetic Cis Partners
Chapter 4: Dramatic Romance and the Value(s) of Tragedy
Chapter 5: Trans Criminality: From Dangerous Sociopaths to Sassy Hookers
Chapter 6: Trans Victims: Dead or Alive
Appendix A: Glossary for Gender Identities and Characters
Appendix B: Timeline of Trans Characters in Scripted American Film and Television, 1965-2018.

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