Transgender Celebrity
Joanna McIntyre(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. May 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-138-55895-3 (ISBN)
Description
In a society obsessed with celebrity, transgender personalities are at the forefront of media engagement with transgender subjectivities. Popular figures such as Laverne Cox, Caitlyn Jenner and Janet Mock exemplify a unique type of celebrity whose transgender identity is key to their public persona. These are celebrities who are both entertainers and advocates, and cultural responses to them function as benchmarks for contemporary attitudes towards gender and sexuality. Acknowledging celebrities as vital social signifiers and icons of cultural memory, Transgender Celebrity examines the ways transgender celebrities bring visibility to the marginalisation of transgender people while functioning as a dynamic facet of mainstream celebrity discourse.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-55895-3 (9781138558953)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Joanna McIntyre
Transgender Celebrity
Book
approx. 05/2027
1st Edition
Routledge
€136.50
Not yet published
Person
Joanna McIntyre, is a Lecturer in Screen and Media Studies in the School of Communications and Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia.
Content
1 Transgender Celebrities and Reality TV, 2 Transgender Celebrities and Docusoaps, 3 Transgender Celebrities and the New Media, 4 Transgender Celebrities Playing Transgender Characters, 5 Cisgender Celebrities Playing Transgender Characters, 6 Transgender Celebrities and Sport, 7 Transgender Celebrities and Modelling, 8 F-to-M Transgender Celebrities, Conclusion