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Female Masculinity and Resistance to Heteronormativity in Kimberly Peirce's "Boys Don't Cry"

Name: Female Masculinity and Resistance to Heteronormativity in Kimberly Peirce's "Boys Don't Cry"
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Author: Kats A. Ridderskamp
ISBN: 9783389049693

Bachelorarbeit, 2023

42 Seiten, Note: 1,00

Kats A. Ridderskamp (Autor:in)

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This thesis examines how Western ideals of masculinity are depicted by the characters in Kimberly Peirce's 1999 film 'Boys Don't Cry'. Particular focus is given to the trans-masculine protagonist Brandon Teena, a real life victim of transphobic lethal violence. A diverse set of texts and authors, including Halberstam and Judith Butler, make up the theoretical basis to analysing how different types of masculinity, such as "female masculinity", are created in the film's context. Furthermore, this thesis looks into how heteronormativity is affirmed and resisted in the film, and how violence functions as a tool to uphold hegemonic masculinity and heteronormativity.

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Titel: Female Masculinity and Resistance to Heteronormativity in Kimberly Peirce's "Boys Don't Cry"
Hochschule: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Philosophische Fakultät)
Note: 1,00
Autor: Kats A. Ridderskamp (Autor:in)
Jahr: 2023
Seiten: 42
Katalognummer: V1493047
ISBN (eBook): 9783389049686
ISBN (Buch): 9783389049693
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagworte: masculinity, film analysis, heteronormativity, queer studies, gender studies, trans masculinity, transgender masculinity

Arbeit zitieren: Kats A. Ridderskamp (Autor:in), 2023, Female Masculinity and Resistance to Heteronormativity in Kimberly Peirce's "Boys Don't Cry", München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1493047

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