{"product_id":"corpses-fools-and-monsters-the-history-and-future-of-transness-in-cinema-paperback","title":"Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillow Maclay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaden Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as threats to the normal order -- relegated to a lost highway of corpses, fools, and monsters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, trans film critics Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay take the reader on a drive down this lost highway, exploring the way that trans people and transness have evolved on-screen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting from the very earliest representations of transness in silent film, through to the multiplex-conquering \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e franchise and on to the emergence of a true trans-authored cinema, \u003ci\u003eCorpses, Fools and Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e spans everything from musicals to body horror to avant garde experimental film to tell the story of the trans film image. In doing so, the authors investigate the wider history of trans representation -- an exhilarating journey of compromise, recuperation, and potential liberation that they argue is only just the beginning.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillow Catelyn Maclay\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance film essayist and critic. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMUBI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoger Ebert.com\u003c\/i\u003e. She contributed to the film anthologies \u003ci\u003eLaura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShe Found it at the Movies: Women Writers on Sex, Desire and Cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaden Mark Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance trans film critic and researcher on trans film images. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eCriterion Collection, MUBI, Film Comment, Reverse Shot\u003c\/i\u003e, and other film outlets in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.52 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52711135281459,"sku":"9781914420580","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KWXjpmewat9781914420580.webp?v=1763510205","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/corpses-fools-and-monsters-the-history-and-future-of-transness-in-cinema-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}