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Volume 15, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 2042-1869
  • E-ISSN: 2042-1877

Abstract

Are non-binary and genderfluid identities distinct from other trans identities in their screen representation? I look to two examples; (Roeg, 1976) and (Glazer, 2013) to explore the variability of these identities in relation to screen representations of aliened characters within a Western understanding of gender. To ground my assertion, I utilize key theories in trans cinema studies, including Jack Halberstam’s conception of queer time, Cáel M Keegan’s trans phenomenology, and Eliza Steinbock’s considerations of trans aesthetics. I argue that the liminal positionality of these identities is non-assimilative and deserving of inquiry, as both contained within, and beyond, trans cinematic theory.

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