LEADER 03750nam 22005655 450 001 9910568271503321 005 20220502170651.0 010 $a9783030977931$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030977924 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-97793-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6970761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6970761 035 $a(CKB)21918937900041 035 $a(MiFhGG)9783030977931 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-97793-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921918937900041 100 $a20220502d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe History of Trans Representation in American Television and Film Genres /$fby Traci B. Abbott 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$aPrint version: Abbott, Traci B. The History of Trans Representation in American Television and Film Genres Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030977924 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aDue 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 society's 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. 606 $aGender identity in mass media 606 $aMotion pictures, American 606 $aSex 606 $aMedia and Gender 606 $aAmerican Film and TV 606 $aGender Studies 615 0$aGender identity in mass media. 615 0$aMotion pictures, American. 615 0$aSex. 615 14$aMedia and Gender. 615 24$aAmerican Film and TV. 615 24$aGender Studies. 676 $a791.45653 676 $a791.40973 700 $aAbbott$b Traci B.$01229265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910568271503321 996 $aThe History of Trans Representation in American Television and Film Genres$92853358 997 $aUNINA