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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Theories on Transgender
1.1 Introduction to the Terms Related to Transgender
1.2 Queer Theory and Transgender Studies
1.2.1 Queer Theory
1.2.2 LGBT Studies and Transgender Studies
1.2.3 Judith Butler: Gender as Performative
1.2.4 Judith Halberstam: Female Masculinity
1.3 The Transgender Issues: Personal and Social Transition
Chapter 2 Transgender in Boys Don't Cry
2.1 Plot Overview: True Story of a Transman
2.2 Brandon Teena: Female Masculinity-the Representer of Transgender
2.2.1 Teena's Female Body, Brandon's Masculine Performance
2.2.2 Coming Out as Transgender
2.3 The Non-Transgendered Characters: Victim or Victimizer?
2.3.1 John and Tom: the Representer of Heteromasculinity
2.3.2 Lana: the Representer of True Love
2.3.3 Candace and Lana's Mother: the Representer of Convention
2.4 Falls City: An Illusion of the American Heartland
2.4.1 Timeless Virtues from the American Heartland
2.4.2 Dismantling the Myth of the American Heartland
2.5 The Breakthrough in Transgender Imagery in Boys Don't Cry
Chapter 3 Transgender and Film in America
3.1. Representation, Reality, Film and Transgender
3.2. Transgender Stereotypes in the Early Years: Absurd or Horrible Characters
3.3 New Queer Cinema since the 1990s: Brand-New Images
3.4. Representative Transgender Characters in Hollywood Films
3.4.1. Male to Female Roles
3.4.2 Female to Male Roles
Chapter 4 Transgender in American Society
4.1 Transgender History in America: A Social Background
4.2. General Causes of Transgender Behaviors
4.2.1 Psychological Explanations
4.2.2 Social Explanations
4.3. The Manifestations of Transgender in Several Aspects of American Society
4.3.1 In Fiction and Autobiography
4.3.2 In Television
4.3.3 Transgender Icons
4.4. Transphobia and Hate Crimes: Transgender People in a Society of Hegemonic Heterosexuality
4.5. Increasing Tolerance and Acceptance of Transgender
Conclusion
Bibliography
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