Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility

by Morgan M. Page, Eric A. Stanley, Micha Cárdenas, et al.

Book Overview

Essays, conversations, and archival investigations explore the paradoxes, limitations, and social ramifications of trans representation within contemporary culture.

The increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical. Trans visibility is touted as a sign of a liberal society, but it has coincided with a political moment marked both by heightened violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026254489X
• ISBN13: 9780262544894
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher