“My whole life I’ve been dressing up like a man”: Negotiations of Queer Aging and Queer Temporality in the TV Series Transparent1

Heß, Linda

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“…In line with this, Capuzza and Spencer (2016) take into consideration nine scripted US TV series which feature transgender character and conclude that the way transgender people have been represented in the years has evolved from a "wrong body" (Capuzza and Spencer, 2016: 3) narrative to a more diverse and inclusive representation of different transgender identities and subjectivities. Hess (2017) analyzes how aging of transgender people and, more generally, queer people is represented in Transparent (2014). Zottola (Forthcoming b) looks at the linguistic representation of the character of Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black.…”

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Narrating Transgender Identities: A Linguistic Perspective

Zottola

2018

PIJ

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This article aims at discussing the relevance of linguistic research with regards to transgender identities representation and self-narration. In fact, this issue of puntOorg International Journal (PIJ) tackles three different perspectives-economic, psychological and linguisticfrom which the representation and self-narration of transgender and gender non-conforming people working in organizations and business can be analyzed. From the linguistic perspective, interest towards the topic of transgender and gender non-conforming identities has been drawn only recently, despite the relevance language use has on the general understanding of these identity expressions. The discussion will include a qualitative Critical Discourse Analysis of a collection of eight narratives and testimonies of transgender individuals from Italy in relation to their workplace experience and their coming out stories.

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Narrating Transgender Identities: A Linguistic Perspective

Zottola

2018

PIJ

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“…In the end, Mr Loverman's protagonists are not held back by any sense of loss or mourning, neither for their partners, their homecountries, norluckilyhomes, as they literally "drive off into the sunset". This happy, even cheesy and unlikely ending is crucial for the novel's political force because queer life at old age has so often been painted in dreary pictures (Hess 2017(Hess , 2019). Evaristo's novel tells a more empowering story.…”

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Queer Home-Making and Black Britain: Claiming, Ageing, Living

Koegler

2020

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black British context and to disempowering narratives of queer diaspora. They position queer ageing, frequently couched in silences and/or heterosexist othering, as central for demands and representations of queer viability, and thus for legitimizing queer claims to citizenship. The novels thus offer diverse contributions to an ongoing process of making a home for queerness in imaginations of black Britain. Read in the current context of surging racism, populism, and homophobia, they also stand as stark reminders of the diversity and validity of non-normative life paths as well as of the legitimacy and humanity of those seeking "liveable lives" in Britain and elsewhere.

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Transparent and Queer Politics

Parsemain¹

2020

The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication

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Broadcast on the streaming platform Amazon since 2014, Transparent centers on the life of the trans woman Maura Pfefferman as she transitions from male to female. One of the most trans‐ and queer‐inclusive television programs to date, it has been praised for promoting trans visibility and for offering positive and realistic depictions of queerness. Drawing on historical facts and on the expertise of trans consultants, Transparent aims to educate viewers by depicting the experiences of trans and genderqueer individuals as accurately as possible. As studies have shown, it challenges heteronormativity and explores the meaning of gender in an innovative manner, often in relation to age, ethnicity, and religion. In addition, the program seeks to empower women by crafting a “female gaze.” However, scholars and critics also highlight the series' limitations. Indeed, the Pfeffermans' privileged background, the casting of a White, heterosexual, cisgender man as the lead trans character, and the persistence of the “wrong body” narrative remain problematic.

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“My whole life I’ve been dressing up like a man”: Negotiations of Queer Aging and Queer Temporality in the TV Series Transparent1

Cited by 23 publications

References 13 publications

Narrating Transgender Identities: A Linguistic Perspective

Narrating Transgender Identities: A Linguistic Perspective

Queer Home-Making and Black Britain: Claiming, Ageing, Living

Transparent and Queer Politics

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