Trans Identities in the French Media - Representation, Visibility, Recognition

This collection of essays reflects on the questions of trans visibility and recognition in a French context through engagement in media analysis.

List of contents

Introduction. Trans Identities in the French Media
Romain Chareyron
Chapter 1. Trans Kids in France: Unpacking the Media Frenzy
Charlie Fabre
Chapter 2. Mobiles Desires: Paul B. Preciado's Un Appartement sur Uranus and the Marginal Western Subject
Leah E. Wilson
Chapter 3. Multiple Bodies: The Digital and the Physical in Arthur Cahn's Les Vacances du petit Renard (2018)
Brian J. Troth
Chapter 4. Dubbing Transparent (2014-2019): A "Ballsy" Translation?
Justine Huet
Chapter 5. Trans(ing) the Rural: Metronormativity and Melancholia in Sébastien Lifshitz' Wild Side (2004)
R. Cole Cridlin
Chapter 6. Transfeminine Embodiment in the Films of Sébastien Lifshitz and Lukas Dhont
Laurel Iber
Chapter 7. Circus Freaks and Pretty Monsters: Fighting and Reclaiming a Transphobic Stigma
Arthur Ségard
Chapter 8. Peau d'homme: A Different Kind of Happy Ending
Annick Pellegrin

About the author

Edited by Romain Chareyron - Contributions by Romain Chareyron; R. Cole Cridlin; Charlie Fabre; Justine Huet; Laurel Iber; Annick Pellegrin; Arthur Ségard; Brian J. Troth and Leah E. Wilson

Summary

This collection of essays reflects on the questions of trans visibility and recognition in a French context through engagement in media analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Romain Chareyron
• Assisted by: Romain Chareyron (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781666900255
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-025-5
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Gay & Lesbian studies, Gay & Lesbian studies / LGBTQ studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Gender studies: transgender, transsexual, intersex people, Gender studies: transgender & intersex, Relating to transgender people