Mapping Transgender Narratives in a Digital Age
Considering the rise of transgender representation and discussion across many media platforms (television, film, print, social networking, etc.), how does such burgeoning and diverse exposure affect transgender individuals and communities? This project explores the ways in which transgender communit...
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ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-scholarworks.gsu.edu-wsi_theses-10572016-04-26T15:35:08Z Mapping Transgender Narratives in a Digital Age Mabry, Megan Considering the rise of transgender representation and discussion across many media platforms (television, film, print, social networking, etc.), how does such burgeoning and diverse exposure affect transgender individuals and communities? This project explores the ways in which transgender communities have developed and investigated potential for alternative and community-created representations of transgender experiences. With a particular focus on the utility and versatility of digital spaces, this project investigates the potential of web comics in harnessing both digital space and graphic narrative in creating alternative representation and discourse. The ensuing work, Maps, follows the journey of a cast of queer and transgender characters on a journey through the American South in search of family and justice. 2016-05-07T07:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/wsi_theses/54 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=wsi_theses Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Transgender Queer Graphic Narrative Web Comic Road Narrative LGBTQIA LGBT |
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Considering the rise of transgender representation and discussion across many media platforms (television, film, print, social networking, etc.), how does such burgeoning and diverse exposure affect transgender individuals and communities? This project explores the ways in which transgender communities have developed and investigated potential for alternative and community-created representations of transgender experiences. With a particular focus on the utility and versatility of digital spaces, this project investigates the potential of web comics in harnessing both digital space and graphic narrative in creating alternative representation and discourse. The ensuing work, Maps, follows the journey of a cast of queer and transgender characters on a journey through the American South in search of family and justice. |
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