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Beyond the binaries: Passing as cisgender in "Middlesex", "Trumpet", and "Redefining Realness".

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Beyond the binaries: Passing as cisgender in "Middlesex", "Trumpet", and "Redefining Realness"./
Author:	Weiss, Hillary.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	80 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-01(E).
Subject:	Women's studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10146163
ISBN:	9781369015515

Beyond the binaries: Passing as cisgender in "Middlesex", "Trumpet", and "Redefining Realness".
Weiss, Hillary.

Beyond the binaries: Passing as cisgender in "Middlesex", "Trumpet", and "Redefining Realness". - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 80 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01.

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2016.

Today, the concept of passing for trans* individuals is often reduced down to a good/bad dichotomy. Passing can be used for safety and can reaffirm a trans* individuals' identity. However, passing can be seen as deceptive or hiding one's true identity. The history of passing contributes to this supposed deception: since passing as a different race or sexual orientation signifies a performance, some believe passing for trans* individuals means passing as a man or woman. Because of this assumption, I use the phrase passing as cisgender to challenge the idea that a cis person is real and a trans* person is unreal. Using Judith Butler's notion of gender performativity as a basis, this project attempts to break down the concept of a real gender by examining trans* characters who can pass as cisgender. I analyze three different texts---Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Jackie Kay's Trumpet, and Janet Mock's Redefining Realness ---and their trans* character's relation to passing as cisgender. In the first chapter, I refute the typical analyses of Middlesex and explain how Cal uses passing as cis as a strategy for obtaining agency. In the second chapter, I examine how the "double narrative" of passing provides Joss Moody with an alternative narrative, but the medical and legal communities within Trumpet attempt to rewrite this alternative narrative. In the final chapter, I argue that Janet Mock, who can pass as cisgender, chooses not to pass as cis and shares her story. This provides an alternative to passing, even though this is only available for a small group of trans* individuals. All of these chapters reveal that passing is much more complex than its standard notions.

ISBN: 9781369015515Subjects--Topical Terms:

526816
Women's studies.

Beyond the binaries: Passing as cisgender in "Middlesex", "Trumpet", and "Redefining Realness".
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