Towards a polycentric cinema : freeing trans films from transphobia.

Towards a polycentric cinema : freeing trans films from transphobia.

Cinema has often been praised for its ability to represent a myriad of gender subjectivities, and in turn, questioning the hegemonic social order affecting gender and sexuality. However, transgender films, specifically from Europe and America, are often productions of heterosexual transphobia, and h...

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Main Author: Chen, Shanghao.
Other Authors: Brian Keith Bergen-Aurand
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48797
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-487972019-12-10T11:08:25Z Towards a polycentric cinema : freeing trans films from transphobia. Chen, Shanghao. Brian Keith Bergen-Aurand School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities Cinema has often been praised for its ability to represent a myriad of gender subjectivities, and in turn, questioning the hegemonic social order affecting gender and sexuality. However, transgender films, specifically from Europe and America, are often productions of heterosexual transphobia, and has done little to challenge heteronormativity. This paper explores transgender films of Euro-American and Asian origin, and argues for a more diverse reception of transgender films in order to capture the diversity and plurality of the transgender subjectivity. Bachelor of Arts 2012-05-10T00:37:38Z 2012-05-10T00:37:38Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48797 en Nanyang Technological University 40 p. application/pdf
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Chen, Shanghao.
Towards a polycentric cinema : freeing trans films from transphobia.
description Cinema has often been praised for its ability to represent a myriad of gender subjectivities, and in turn, questioning the hegemonic social order affecting gender and sexuality. However, transgender films, specifically from Europe and America, are often productions of heterosexual transphobia, and has done little to challenge heteronormativity. This paper explores transgender films of Euro-American and Asian origin, and argues for a more diverse reception of transgender films in order to capture the diversity and plurality of the transgender subjectivity.
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title Towards a polycentric cinema : freeing trans films from transphobia.
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