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Youth Fiction and Trans Representation Youth Fiction and Trans Representation is the first book that wholly addresses the growth of trans and gender variant representation in literature, television, and films for children and young adults in the twenty- first century. Ranging across an array of media—including pic- ture books, novels, graphic novels, animated cartoons, and live-action television and feature films—Youth Fiction and Trans Representation examines how youth texts are addressing and contributing to ongoing shifts in understandings of gender in the new millennium. While perhaps once considered inappropriate for youth, and continuing to face back- lash, trans and gender variant representation in texts for young people has become more common, which signals changes in understandings of childhood and adolescence, as well as gender expression and identity. Youth Fiction and Trans Representation provides a broad outline of developments in trans and gender variant depictions for young people in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and closely ana- lyzes a series of millennial literary and screen texts to consider how they communicate a range of, often competing, ideas about gender, identity, expression, and embodiment to implied child and adolescent audiences. Tom Sandercock is a casual academic at Deakin University, Austra- lia, where he teaches courses in literary studies, children’s literature, and gender and sexuality studies. He was awarded Deakin Univer- sity’s Vice-Chancellor’s Prize (2013), was a recipient of an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship (2013–2016), and his PhD thesis was shortlisted for Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Medal (2018). He has authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on gender and sexual representation in television, film, and literature. Children’s Literature and Culture Jack Zipes, Founding Series Editor Philip Nel, Series Editor, 2011–2018 Kenneth Kidd and Elizabeth Marshall, Current Series Editors Founded by Jack Zipes in 1994, Children’ s Literature and Culture is the longest-running series devoted to the study of children’s literature and culture from a national and international perspective. Dedicated to pro- moting original research in children’s literature and children’s culture, in 2011 the series expanded its focus to include childhood studies, and it seeks to explore the legal, historical, and philosophical conditions of dif- ferent childhoods. An advocate for scholarship from around the globe, the series recognizes innovation and encourages interdisciplinarity. Chil- dren's Literature and Culture offers cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections considering topics such as gender, race, picturebooks, childhood, nation, religion, technology, and many others. Titles are characterized by dynamic interventions into established sub- jects and innovative studies on emerging topics. Poetics and Ethics of Anthropomorphism Children, Animals and Poetry Christopher Kelen and Chengcheng You The Figure of the Child in WWI American, British, and Canadian Children’s Literature Farmer, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Elizabeth A. 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No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title has been requested ISBN: 978-1-032-12728-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-12732-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-22596-6 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003225966 Typeset in Sabon by codeMantra For Dylan Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Transgender Studies and Children’s Literature 1 1 Gender Nonconformity in Picture Books 23 2 Trans Children in Picture Books 43 3 Politicizing Gender in Young Adult Graphic Narratives 61 4 Show and Tell: Authoring the Trans Subject in Young Adult Fiction 78 5 Animating Gender: Subversive Gendering in Children’s Cartoons 92 6 Loving and Hating Trans Youth in Adolescent Television 109 7 Manning Up and Womanning Down in Young Adult Gender-Disguise Films 129 8 Embodying Difference: Gender and Race in Young Adult Body-Swap Films 150 Conclusion 171 Bibliography 175 Index 193 Acknowledgments The research for this book took place on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, and I pay respects to Elders, past and present. This book began its life as my doctoral thesis funded by an Austra- lian Postgraduate Award and was supported by many people in different ways who I would like to thank: my supervisor Ann Vickery, for your support, insight, and friendship; Elizabeth Bullen and Clare Bradford, for making time to provide guidance on this project over the years; Kenneth Kidd, Kerry Mallan, and Erica Hateley, for your detailed and constructive feedback; the Deakin University Library and hardwork- ing librarians, especially Marina Minns, for persistent help in locating research materials; my colleagues, mentors, and peers who helped in one way or another over the years, including Cecilia Rogers, Michelle Smith, Trish Lunt, Liz Parsons, Elizabeth Braithwaite, Mark Macleod, Laura Gobey, Sue Chen, Paul Venzo, Kristine Moruzi, Daniel Marshall, Andrew Dean, Gilbert Caluya, Cassandra Atherton, Lyn McCredden, Geoff Boucher, Jack Kirne, Rebecca Hutton, Tory Tedeschi, Lara Hed- berg, Emma Whatman, Emma Hayes, Lenise Prater, Kate Norman, and Juliet O’Conor. Special thanks go to my family: my parents, Ann and Peter, for your love and support; Abby, Luke, Celeste, Kathy, Bernie, George, and all my beautiful niblings, for the joy you bring to my life; Tina, Craig, and Jake, for making me part of your family; and Bandit, for taking me out for a walk every day and reminding me when it’s time for bed. More gratitude than I could put into words goes to Dylan Holdsworth who helped me the most. Final thanks go to my teacher and friend, Kate McInally. I miss you and will always marvel at your brilliance and compassion. A version of Chapter 6 was previously published as ‘Transing the Small Screen: Loving and Hating Transgender Youth in Glee and Degrassi’ in the Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 24, no. 4. This issue was republished by Routledge as the edited book Diversity in Gender and Visual Repre- sentation (eds. R Luyt, C Welch & R Lobban in 2017).
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