"Getting it Right?": "I am Cait" and the Limits of Transgender Representation
Location
Grissom Hall, Room 126
Start Date
5-3-2016 3:15 PM
End Date
5-3-2016 3:45 PM
Description
Using a Faircloughian approach to CDA, this paper examines Caitlyn Jenner’s reality show I Am Cait and some of the core themes and trans individuals depicted as well as the roles of production and genre in the framing and foregrounding of certain issues, storylines, and individuals over others.
"Getting it Right?": "I am Cait" and the Limits of Transgender Representation
Grissom Hall, Room 126
Using a Faircloughian approach to CDA, this paper examines Caitlyn Jenner’s reality show I Am Cait and some of the core themes and trans individuals depicted as well as the roles of production and genre in the framing and foregrounding of certain issues, storylines, and individuals over others.