An examination of filmic and Internet representations of transgender from a post-modern perspective, as a phenomenon that challenges conventional demarcations of sexuality and gender on the one hand, while provoking an ambivalent mixture of fear and fascination on the other.
Transgender on Screen explores the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media, against an essential historical background. This fascinating and original study examines how cross-dressers and transsexuals are represented in three different …
An examination of filmic and Internet representations of transgender from a post-modern perspective, as a phenomenon that challenges conventional demarcations of sexuality and gender on the one hand, while provoking an ambivalent mixture of fear and fascination on the other.
As in western cinema, cross-dressing is a recurrent theme in Turkish film. But what do these films, whose characters typically cross-dress in order to escape enemies or other threats, tell us about the modern history of the Turkish Republic? This book examines cross-dressing in …
As in western cinema, cross-dressing is a recurrent theme in Turkish film. But what do these films, whose characters typically cross-dress in order to escape enemies or other threats, tell us about the modern history of the Turkish Republic? This book examines cross-dressing in …
"Into the Closet examines the representation of cross-dressing in a wide variety of children's fiction, ranging from picture books and junior fiction to teen films and novels for young adults. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the different types of cross-dressing found in…
Contextualizes the documentary about the New York drag ball scene of the 1980s within the longer history of drag balls, practices of documentory, fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
A Queer Film Classic on the stunning 1991 documentary about New York's drag subculture in the 1980s. The movie, Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1991), captures the energy, ambition, wit, and struggle of African-American and Latino participants in the 1980s New York drag bal…
Contextualizes the documentary about the New York drag ball scene of the 1980s within the longer history of drag balls, practices of documentory, fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
