Introduction / Mike Perez. A nonbinary letter : from Camp Epicene / J. Michael Ryan -- Popular vs. personal : transgender narratives in public media culture / G. M. Mozer -- Schrödinger's dick : the transgender reveal trope in Boy meets girl / Finn Lefevre -- The trans baby boom : framing male pregnancy on television / Traci Abbott -- Where's the "T"? : RuPaul's drag race and transgender in/exclusion / Peter Piatkowski -- How to define fair? : examining transgender on the "level playing field" / John C. Lamothe -- Gender identity in transgender comics / Jacob Muriel -- Transgender talk and conservative Christians : framing a persuasive conversation / Jim Shoopman -- Transgender and transracial identity : a cultural examination of "passing" / Rachel Friedman and Ashley B. Maxwell -- Transition to Neverland : exploring trans boyhood through J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan / Billy Huff -- Hijras and the Indian caste system / Lucky Issar -- A nonbinary letter : from Camp Epicene / Mike Perez.
Summary:
"This book examines representations and experiences of trans and nonbinary identities in a variety of contemporary cultural contexts including media, religion, sports, race, film, performance, and literature. Mixing auto-ethnographies and supportive scholarship, the contributors to this volume deliver a global perspective on the accomplishment that have been made alongside the challenges that members of the LGBTQIA+ community continue to face."--Back cover.
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