Transgender on Screen

This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale Internet pornography, this fascinating study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of transgender and its culturally constructed images.

Author: J. Phillips
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/10/2006
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781403912435

About the Author
JOHN PHILLIPS is Professor of French Literature and Culture at London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of three books on the Marquis de Sade and two books on twentieth-century French literature. In addition, he has translated two novels, a book of essays on Gilles de Rais and a collection of Sade's letters and diaries.