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TransTV: Transgender Visibility and Representation in Serialized Television

Jones, Joshua B
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-5898
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469625819

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2016, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
With the increased visibility of transgender figures in serialized television comes a plethora of case studies to examine the ways in which transgender identity is culturally represented and perceived. My thesis examines the representations of transgender figures in the contemporary American serialized television series Orange Is the New Black, Transparent, and I Am Cait. My goal is to explore how these male-to-female transgender people embody alternative masculinities and femininities as well as how their transitions are received by those around them. Their trans identity, I argue, results in negative treatment caused by (and especially due to) their socioeconomic status and race. The introduction outlines the film, critical race, and transgender theoretical frameworks informing the project, followed by an exploration of the three aforementioned series. The first chapter embarks on a study of the ways in which the casting of transgender actors is crucial to provide a meaningful significance to the narrative. This argument carries into the second chapter, which discusses what happens when a cisgender actor is cast as a transgender character. The final chapter moves away from casting practices and instead highlights the social ramifications of nonfictional transgender narratives on television.
Katie Johnson (Committee Chair)
Erin Edwards (Committee Member)
Anita Mannur (Committee Member)
American Studies; Film Studies; Gender Studies; Womens Studies
queer theory; transgender studies; media studies; film theory

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  • Jones, J. B. (2016). TransTV: Transgender Visibility and Representation in Serialized Television [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469625819

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jones, Joshua. TransTV: Transgender Visibility and Representation in Serialized Television. 2016. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469625819.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jones, Joshua. "TransTV: Transgender Visibility and Representation in Serialized Television." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469625819

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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