Finding Femininity: a Representation Analysis of Trans* Femininity on Screen
(2019) GNVM03 20191Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trans* feminine women in popular media. This is done by presenting a theoretical background focusing on a specific minority group in society – namely, trans* feminine women – femininity, and heteronormativity, as well as by taking a poststructuralist approach to the applied theoretical framework in order to conduct a representation analysis of three trans* feminin characters from three different films.
The analysis consists of a discussion of how trans* femininity is portrayed in the films, using a theoretical toolbox covering existing tropes seen within trans* representation, as well as a broad discussion of what femininity is and does. What the analysis shows is that there is a... (More) - The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trans* feminine women in popular media. This is done by presenting a theoretical background focusing on a specific minority group in society – namely, trans* feminine women – femininity, and heteronormativity, as well as by taking a poststructuralist approach to the applied theoretical framework in order to conduct a representation analysis of three trans* feminin characters from three different films.
The analysis consists of a discussion of how trans* femininity is portrayed in the films, using a theoretical toolbox covering existing tropes seen within trans* representation, as well as a broad discussion of what femininity is and does. What the analysis shows is that there is a clear relation between the stereotypical ideas of what trans* is and what femininity is, and how the trans* feminine characters are portrayed. While the media's representation of LGBT*Q+ identities dating back to the 1950s and up until more recent years has received scholarly criticism, I argue that while awareness surrounding these identities and issues is more present in popular media today, the heteronormative stereotyping of these identities is as present as ever. (Less)
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- Evjenth, Vilde LU
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- organization
- course
- GNVM03 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- representation, trans* studies, popular culture, femininity
- language
- English
- id
- 8995959
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- 2019-10-10 09:39:20
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abstract = {{The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trans* feminine women in popular media. This is done by presenting a theoretical background focusing on a specific minority group in society – namely, trans* feminine women – femininity, and heteronormativity, as well as by taking a poststructuralist approach to the applied theoretical framework in order to conduct a representation analysis of three trans* feminin characters from three different films.
The analysis consists of a discussion of how trans* femininity is portrayed in the films, using a theoretical toolbox covering existing tropes seen within trans* representation, as well as a broad discussion of what femininity is and does. What the analysis shows is that there is a clear relation between the stereotypical ideas of what trans* is and what femininity is, and how the trans* feminine characters are portrayed. While the media's representation of LGBT*Q+ identities dating back to the 1950s and up until more recent years has received scholarly criticism, I argue that while awareness surrounding these identities and issues is more present in popular media today, the heteronormative stereotyping of these identities is as present as ever.}},
author = {{Evjenth, Vilde}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Finding Femininity: a Representation Analysis of Trans* Femininity on Screen}},
year = {{2019}},
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