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Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative
Zadar: University of Zadar, 2016. urn:nbn:hr:162:957055
Nekić, Suzana
University of Zadar
Department of English

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Nekić, S. (2016). Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative (Master's thesis). Zadar: University of Zadar. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

Nekić, Suzana. "Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2016. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

Nekić, Suzana. "Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2016. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

Nekić, S. (2016). 'Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative', Master's thesis, University of Zadar, accessed 24 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

Nekić S. Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative [Master's thesis]. Zadar: University of Zadar; 2016 [cited 2024 November 24] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

S. Nekić, "Visible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative", Master's thesis, University of Zadar, Zadar, 2016. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:957055

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TitleVisible Bodies: Transgender embodiment and self-construction in film narrative
Title (croatian)Vidljiva tijela: Transrodno utjelovljenje i samo-konstrukcija u filmskom narativu
AuthorSuzana Nekić
MentorSenka Božić-Vrbančić (mentor)
Committee memberMarko Lukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberSenka Božić-Vrbančić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberMario Vrbančić (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zadar
(Department of English)
Zadar
Defense date and country2016-03-23, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the narrative of transgender representation within the films Boys Don’t Cry (1999, dir. Pierce) and Transamerica (2005, dir. Tucker). This thesis argues that the representation of transgender individuals shifted from the gender transgression narrative (focus on pathologization and deviant otherness) to the one that exploits the theme of gender transition (focus on medicalization and corporeality). The analysis shows that though there has been an evident shift in the representation of gender diverse people film narrative still employs the themes of pathologization and medicalization, but what lacks is the authentic portrayal of transgender lived experience. These stereotypical narratives rely on the revealing of the material body and genitals in order to reinforce gender norms and heteronormative ideology. Despite the growing visibility and presence of trans people in popular culture and media discourse, there are very few sustained examinations in film narrative of what it actually means to embody the gender different from the one assigned at birth.
Abstract (croatian)
Cilj ovog rada je analizirati narativ transrodne reprezentacije na primjeru dva filma, Boys Don't Cry (1999, dir. Pierce) i Transamerica (2005, dir. Tucker). U radu se tvrdi da je došlo do pomaka u reprezentaciji transrodnih osoba sa narativa prijestupa kategorije roda (sa naglaskom na patologizaciju i devijantnu drugost) na narativ koji eksploatira temu prijelaza iz jedne rodne kategorije u drugu (sa naglaskom na medikalizaciju i tjelesnost). Analiza ukazuje na činjenicu da unatoč evidentnoj promjeni u reprezentaciji rodno „različitih“ osoba filmski narativ još uvijek eksploatira teme patologizacije i medikalizacije, te se izostavlja stvarni prikaz transrodnog iskustva i autentičnosti. Ti isti stereotipni narativi se oslanjaju na prikaz i otkrivanje tijela i genitalija sa ciljem potvrđivanja rodnih normi i heteronormativne ideologije. Unatoč sve većoj prisutnost transrodnih osoba u popularnoj kulturi i medijskom diskursu, analiza pokazuje da je reprezentacija ostala dosljedna stereotipiziranim prikazima transrodnih osoba sa izrazito malo sustavnog prikazivanja što zaista znači utjeloviti rod suprotan onome dobivenom rođenjem.
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Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:162:957055
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Research
Course: Teaching
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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