Abstract
This essay examines Duncan Tucker’s Transamerica (2005), the award-winning film about a male-to-female transsexual who reconnects with her family in the midst of her transition, as part of a larger trend in which a romantic plot undermines the otherwise positive portrayal of the transgender experience and reaffirms the dominant viewpoint that authentic gender is dependent upon birth sex rather than upon gender identity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-41 |
| Journal | The Journal of American Culture |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 2013 |