Dr Akkadia Ford is a Sessional Lecturer at Southern Cross University, Australia.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1 Introduction 1 Background to the Trans New Wave emerging 3 The relationship of the Trans New Wave to earlier cinematic waves 8 Historical overview of key films pre-2008 with transsexual and transgender characters, themes and narratives 12 Characteristics of the Trans New Wave 14 Representational work of trans woman actors in independent films and streaming video 17 Overview of methodologies and the interdisciplinary approach 21 Thinking across boundaries 23 2 Transliteracy 34 Foundations of Transliteracy 34 Understanding the cultural contexts for independent trans cinema 38 Transliteracy and textual exegesis 43 Epistemological cinema 44 Ontological cinema 48 3 Key Texts of the Trans New Wave 62 Overview 62 Fictional, narrative short, animation, drama 65 Factual, documentary films, docu-drama 68 Uplifting lives: Black Trans Lives Matter 69 Use of life cycle narratives as a representational structure for documentary: three representations of transmasculinity (selected case study text Trans Boys) 77 Experimental & performance art films 82 Music on screen 84 Use of genres: road trip, science fiction, horror (selected case study text The Thing) 86 The 'real' and 'reality' 90 Use of the road movie genre as a representational metaphor for transitioning 94 Recurrent themes & tropes 97 4 First Nations and Indigenous Trans Cinema 111 First Nations and Indigenous trans cinema 111 Transliterate approaches to reading films from non-western and First Nations filmmakers 111 Two Spirit and Third Gender cinema 117 5 Gender-Diverse Youth Narratives 132 The significance of the emerging body of cinematic narratives focused upon transgender youth 132 Screen families Tomgirl (Jeremy Asher Lynch, USA, 2015) and Raising Ryland (Sarah Feeley, USA, 2015) 133 Temporal considerations 140 The role of education 141 6 Cinematic Ethnogenesis 148 Birth of a new cinema 149 Countercultures: screening independent trans cinema 152 Overview of key international independent queer and transgender film festivals 155 The reciprocal interaction of audiences and texts 158 How classifications (ratings) systems may impact independent filmmakers and film festivals: overview of differences between the Australian, United Kingdom and American Systems 160 Non-hegemonic cinema-whose community decides who sees the film? 173 Trans new wave as reparative cinema 175 7 Cinematic Futures 190 Developing a canon of representation of gender diversity and sexualities 190 Sexing the Transman (Buck Angel, USA, 2011) 192 Trans Boys (Ali Russell and Monique Schafter, Aus., 2012) Dex's story 196 Community Action Centre (A. K. Burns, A. L. Steiner, USA, 2010) 198 Cinema on demand 201 The democratisation of distribution 202
Introduction 1 Introduction 1 Background to the Trans New Wave emerging 3 The relationship of the Trans New Wave to earlier cinematic waves 8 Historical overview of key films pre-2008 with transsexual and transgender characters, themes and narratives 12 Characteristics of the Trans New Wave 14 Representational work of trans woman actors in independent films and streaming video 17 Overview of methodologies and the interdisciplinary approach 21 Thinking across boundaries 23 2 Transliteracy 34 Foundations of Transliteracy 34 Understanding the cultural contexts for independent trans cinema 38 Transliteracy and textual exegesis 43 Epistemological cinema 44 Ontological cinema 48 3 Key Texts of the Trans New Wave 62 Overview 62 Fictional, narrative short, animation, drama 65 Factual, documentary films, docu-drama 68 Uplifting lives: Black Trans Lives Matter 69 Use of life cycle narratives as a representational structure for documentary: three representations of transmasculinity (selected case study text Trans Boys) 77 Experimental & performance art films 82 Music on screen 84 Use of genres: road trip, science fiction, horror (selected case study text The Thing) 86 The 'real' and 'reality' 90 Use of the road movie genre as a representational metaphor for transitioning 94 Recurrent themes & tropes 97 4 First Nations and Indigenous Trans Cinema 111 First Nations and Indigenous trans cinema 111 Transliterate approaches to reading films from non-western and First Nations filmmakers 111 Two Spirit and Third Gender cinema 117 5 Gender-Diverse Youth Narratives 132 The significance of the emerging body of cinematic narratives focused upon transgender youth 132 Screen families Tomgirl (Jeremy Asher Lynch, USA, 2015) and Raising Ryland (Sarah Feeley, USA, 2015) 133 Temporal considerations 140 The role of education 141 6 Cinematic Ethnogenesis 148 Birth of a new cinema 149 Countercultures: screening independent trans cinema 152 Overview of key international independent queer and transgender film festivals 155 The reciprocal interaction of audiences and texts 158 How classifications (ratings) systems may impact independent filmmakers and film festivals: overview of differences between the Australian, United Kingdom and American Systems 160 Non-hegemonic cinema-whose community decides who sees the film? 173 Trans new wave as reparative cinema 175 7 Cinematic Futures 190 Developing a canon of representation of gender diversity and sexualities 190 Sexing the Transman (Buck Angel, USA, 2011) 192 Trans Boys (Ali Russell and Monique Schafter, Aus., 2012) Dex's story 196 Community Action Centre (A. K. Burns, A. L. Steiner, USA, 2010) 198 Cinema on demand 201 The democratisation of distribution 202
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