Queer European Cinema 2018
DOI: 10.4324/9781315177830-2
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Passing and policing: controlling compassion, bodies and boundaries in Boys Don’t Cry and Unveiled/Fremde Haut

Abstract: This article examines the cinematic representation of passing men, focusing on the underlying theme of cis male fear and the resulting policing of borders: bodily, geographical, and social, employing queer theory (Butler; Halberstam) alongside the work of Foucault, to consider how power is articulated and policing is conducted in relation to the body and relationships. It commences with a reading trans tropes, before homing in on identity in relation to medium specificity to consider sight-the filmic gaze-alon… Show more

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“…Leanne Dawson writes that "There are temporal, cultural and geographical 'norms' of gender and other aspects of identity, which are often incorrectly considered to be inherent or natural." 15 In the media, sexual objectification has been used as a way to sell products to the general public. 16 SO has been used as a marketing strategy for several decades, according to the Journal of Advertising.…”
Section: Objectification Self-objectification and Sexual Objectificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Leanne Dawson writes that "There are temporal, cultural and geographical 'norms' of gender and other aspects of identity, which are often incorrectly considered to be inherent or natural." 15 In the media, sexual objectification has been used as a way to sell products to the general public. 16 SO has been used as a marketing strategy for several decades, according to the Journal of Advertising.…”
Section: Objectification Self-objectification and Sexual Objectificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…48 (1): 71-79. 15 Dawson, Leanne (2015). "Passing and policing: controlling compassion, bodies and boundaries in Boys Don't Cry and Unveiled/Fremde Haut".…”
Section: Objectification Self-objectification and Sexual Objectificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 This is firmly in my mind, as is my privilege as a white, relatively affluent (though with a solidly working-class background), cisgender lesbian holding a British passport. 4 For more on the lesbian and queer vampire, seeDawson (2010 ).…”
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confidence: 99%