Narrative of the trans protagonists in the TV series Veneno
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01-12-2021
Sergio Cobo Durán
Sofía Otero Escudero
Abstract
The present work scrutinizes the construction of the trans protagonists in the TV series Veneno (2020). First, a semiotic analysis of the characters and their environment is carried out, centered on three levels (person, role, and actant). Second, an analysis sheet is outlined to apply it in each of the episodes. Finally, the main characteristics are observed through a study of some key scenes. This way, it is concluded how the TV series analyzed perpetuates a canonical construction of the trans collective except for certain positive aspects depicted through Valeria’s character.
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Cobo Durán, S., & Otero Escudero, S. (2021). Narrative of the trans protagonists in the TV series Veneno. ZER - Journal of Communication Studies, 26(51). https://doi.org/10.1387/zer.23007 (Original work published November 30, 2021)
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Keywords
TV Series, Trans, Characters, Narrative, Veneno
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Horak, L. (2018). Trans Studies. Feminist Media Histories, 4(2), 201-206. https://doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2018.4.2.201
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Sears, C. (2018). All that glitters: Trans-ing California's gold rush migrations. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 14, 383-402. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-2007-038
Seger, L. (2002). Cómo crear personajes inolvidables: guía práctica para el desarrollo de personajes en cine, televisión, publicidad, novelas y narraciones cortas. Madrid: Paidós Ibérica.
Seid, D. M. (2014). Reveal. TSQ: Transgender Studies Quartely, 1(1-2), 176-177.
Steinbock, E. (2016). Trans. En R.Hoogland, I. van der Tuin y N. Fleetwood (coords.), Gender: Sources,
Perspectives, Methodologies (pp.377-392). Farmington: Macmillan Reference USA.
Steinbock, E. (2019). Towards Trans Cinema. En K. L. Hole, D. Jelaca, E. A. Kaplan, y P. Petro (coords.), The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender (pp. 395-406). Londres-Nueva York: Routledge.
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Stryker, S. (2006). (De)Subjugated Knowledges. An Introduction to Transgender Studies. En S. Stryker y S. Whittle (coords.), The Transgender Studies Reader (pp. 1-18). Nueva York: Routledge.
Stryker, S. (2013). Christine in the Cutting Room: Cinema, Surgery, and Celebrity in the Career of Christine Jorgensen. Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies Public Lecture Series. Disponible en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlqJ8B9dKCs&t=951s
Stryker, S. (2017). Historia de lo trans – Las raíces de la revolución de hoy. Madrid: Continta Me Tienes.
Stryker, S. y Bettcher, T.M. (2016). Introduction. Trans/Feminisms. TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, 3(1-2), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-3334127
Young, I.M. (2005). Breasted experience: The look and the feeling. En I.M. Young (coord.). On female body experience: Throwing like a girl and other essays (pp.75-96). Nueva York: Oxford University Press.
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