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Picture-Reading the Complexities of Transgender Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2024

Ley David Elliette Cray
Ley David Elliette Cray*
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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Email: leydavidelleitte@gmail.com
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Abstract

Depicting transgender persons in comics without falling into visual caricature and thereby perpetuating harmful stereotypes can be a delicate task. In this discussion, I draw upon the notion of picture-reading to argue that, despite this fact, comics as a medium is particularly well-suited—both formally and in terms of production-relevant factors—toward capturing and communicating the complexities of transgender experience.

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comicsgender expressiongender identitynarrativequeerrepresentationtransgender
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Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 53 , Issue 7-8: Themed Issue: Philosophy of Comics , October 2023 , pp. 600 - 609
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Inc.

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