Discussing contemporary popular films from Anglophonic, Asian, European and Latin American cinema, this book analyses trans themed fiction cinema that attempts to challenge, and even revise, transphobic stereotypes.
* An accessible text giving an overview of contemporary depictions of transgender men and women in film
* Structured around film genres including the costume drama, the musical and the action film
* films discussed are contemporary, popular, films from Anglophonic, Asian, European and Latin American cinema
Niall Richardson convenes MA Gender and Media at the University of Sussex. He is the author of the monographs The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings (2009), Transgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture (2010) and Ageing Femininity on Screen: The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema (2019). His research focuses on the representation of minority groups in film and media - especially how these intersect with gender and sexuality.
Frances Smith is a senior lecturer in film at the University of Sussex. She is the author of Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Genre, Gender and Identity (2017); Bande de Filles: Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France (2020); and, with Timothy Shary, is co-editor of Refocus: The Films of John Hughes (2021) and Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling (2016). Her research focuses on contemporary US and European youth cinemas.
Introduction: Transing Genres; 1: Film Musicals; 2: Heritage Cinema; 3: Road Movies; 4: Melodrama; 5: Coming of Age Dramas; 6: Romance; Conclusion: Gender Critical Feminism