TRANS/MEDIA: Transgender Studies and (Trans)Media Narratives

The field of transmedia studies addresses the travel of intellectual properties across the world and across media platforms, conceptualizing the “trans” prefix through transnational, transmedia intertextuality (Kinder 1991), and transmedia storytelling (Jenkins 2006). Yet new work in film and media studies on transgender film and media authorship also demands attention to the work of trans media producers in this transmedia landscape. This course asks a set of questions to address the need for representation of trans media producers in transmedia studies. Is transmedia trans? Is trans media transmedia? What would happen if we understood transgender as central to transmedia?