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Highway and Home: Mapping Feminist-Transgender Coalition in Boys Don't Cry.
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- Author(s): SCHEWE, ELIZABETH
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Feminist Studies. Spring2014, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p39-64. 26p.
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A critique is presented of the road film "Boys Don't Cry," directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Hiliary Swank. The film's depiction of the real life transgender person Brandon Teena, including his rape and sense of home, is discussed. The impact that the film has on feminism, including in regard to debates on transgender issues, is also discussed.
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