Boys Don't Cry by Chase Joynt and Morgan M. Page (2022, Trade Paperback)

McGill-Queen's University Press

Boys Don't CryAuthor(s): Chase Joynt, Morgan M Page\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228010821, 978-0228010821\nSynopsis\nHailed as groundbreaking upon its original release, the Oscar-winning film Boys Dont Cry offered the first mainstream access to transmasculine embodiment in North America, one that many simultaneously celebrated and rejected. More than two decades after its original release, the film has become a lightning rod for contemporary debates about the representation of trans lives and deaths on screen.\n\nRepresentational possibilities for trans people have changed dramatically since 1999. Morgan Page and Chase Joynt approach the accumulated tension with a spirit of curiosity about the limits of these historical returns. They argue that new visibilities of transness on screen require us to re-engage earlier portrayals: Boys Dont Cry is central to conversations about casting, vio.