Boys Don't Cry

The Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry (1999) offered the first mainstream access to transmasculine embodiment in North America. This book relocates the film within historical and conceptual contexts that influenced its ambivalent reception while emphasizing the importance of trans visibilities and representations in the mainstream.

About the author

Chase Joynt is assistant professor of gender studies at the University of Victoria and co-writer and co-producer, with Morgan Page, of the feature film Framing Agnes.

Summary

The Oscar-winning film Boys Don’t Cry (1999) offered the first mainstream access to transmasculine embodiment in North America. This book relocates the film within historical and conceptual contexts that influenced its ambivalent reception while emphasizing the importance of trans visibilities and representations in the mainstream.

Product details

• Authors: Chase Joynt, Morgan M Page, Morgan M. Page
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780228010821
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01082-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 159 g
• Series: Queer Film Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet