Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale Internet pornography, this fascinating study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of transgender and its culturally constructed images.
About the Author
JOHN PHILLIPS is Professor of French Literature and Culture at London Metropolitan University.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements * Introduction * Transgender in the Historical Imagination * Cross-Dressing in Film Comedy * Psycho-Trans * Drama Queens and Macho Men * Walking on the Wild Side: Shemale Internet Pornography * Representation and Reality * Notes * Bibliography * Index Acknowledgements * Introduction * Transgender in the Historical Imagination * Cross-Dressing in Film Comedy * Psycho-Trans * Drama Queens and Macho Men * Walking on the Wild Side: Shemale Internet Pornography * Representation and Reality * Notes * Bibliography * Index