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Transgender Issues In Film, Eulalah R. Prater Mx
Transgender Issues In Film, Eulalah R. Prater Mx
SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society
The question of gender inequality in film has been widely debated, both within the industry as well as within gender studies, with scholars such as Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Elizabeth Scofeils, Dr. Katherine Pieper and Melissa Rigney arguing about gender inequality in modern popular films. However, these critics ignore the issue of trans-inclusive representation. My paper addresses the issue of trans* representation in modern film through comparative analysis with Greek theatre and early American film. I argue that in order to better understand lack of non-cis-gendered representation, it is instructive to connect this phenomenon to blackface in early …