120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores how television and streaming services portray transgender characters who identify as male or nonbinary in television media.
Transmasculinity on Television takes a closer look at transmasculine and nonbinary characters on broadcast, cable, and streaming services between 2000 and 2021. Significant changes have occurred since the release of the 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry , and... Read more
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Importance of Standpoint
3. Transgender Across Genres
4. How to Be Television Trans
5. Allies and Adversaries
Afterword
Bibliography
Appendix: Character Chart
Biography
Patrice A. Oppliger (she/her/hers) received her doctorate in Mass Communication from the University of Alabama. She is currently an assistant professor of Media Science at Boston University. Her research focuses on media effects (particularly adolescent viewers), humor, and gender studies.






