The Outsider’s Space In-Between
Renegotiating Monstrosity in Contemporary Transgender Short Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21877099 |
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| Authors | Steph Berens (Gold Skin Care Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-72 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Excursions Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2055-494X • E-ISSN: 2044-4095 |
| Publisher | University of Sussex (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.20919/exs.13.2023.378 |
| OpenAlex | W4382866689 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The image of trans monstrosity has been firmly anchored in mainstream North American popular culture, most notably through films such as Psycho, Dressed to Kill, and The Silence of the Lambs. This cultural vilification has had catastrophic effects on trans communities, stoking violence especially against trans-feminine people, promoting discrimination, and severely affecting trans people’s self-images. By analysing two contemporary short stories, Julian K. Jarboe’s I Am A Beautiful Bug! and A.K. Blue’s God Empress Susanna, this paper examines different approaches to the monster trope from trans perspectives and investigates the entanglements between trans identity, monstrosity, and disability
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Mainstream · Monster · Political science · Popular culture · Silence · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Highly cited | No |
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