Struggling for Ordinary : Media and Transgender Belonging in Everyday Life / Andre Cavalcante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavalcante, Andre, Author.

Series:

Critical cultural communication.

Critical Cultural Communication ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social media.

Trans people--Social aspects.

Trans people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What was it like to live as a transgender person in a media environment before Caitlin Jenner, Orange Is the New Black, Transparent, and the current transgender reality TV boom? 'Struggling for Ordinary' answers this question by examining the role of media and technology in the everyday lives of transgender people before what some call the 'transgender tipping point' in popular culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. We Can No Longer Hide in Plain Sight

2. I Sort of Refused to Take Myself Seriously

3. I Want to Be Like a Really Badass Lady

4. You Have to Be Really Strong

5. We’re Just Living Life

A Queerly Ordinary Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9781479864584

1479864587

9781479871841

1479871842

OCLC:

1132224753