Transgender On Screen

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Palgrave Macmillan UK, Jul 10, 2006 - Social Science - 196 pages
This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale Internet pornography, this fascinating study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of transgender and its culturally constructed images.

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J. Phillips
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John Phillips
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About the author (2006)

JOHN PHILLIPS is Professor of French Literature and Culture at London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of three books on the Marquis de Sade and two books on twentieth-century French literature. In addition, he has translated two novels, a book of essays on Gilles de Rais and a collection of Sade's letters and diaries.

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TitleTransgender On Screen
AuthorJ. Phillips
Editionillustrated, annotated
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK, 2006
ISBN1403912424, 9781403912428
Length196 pages
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History / Social History
Performing Arts / Film / General
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Performing Arts / General
Science / History
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Gender Studies
Social Science / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Women's Studies
  
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