Pearce, R. and White, F.R. 2019. Beyond the pregnant man: representing trans pregnancy in A Deal With The Universe. Feminist Media Studies. 19 (5), pp. 764-767. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1630925
| Title | Beyond the pregnant man: representing trans pregnancy in A Deal With The Universe |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Pearce, R. and White, F.R. |
| Abstract | A Deal With The Universe is described on the Tigerlily Productions website as ‘Jason’s incredible story of how he came to give birth to his child’ (Parrot, 2018). A key promotional image for the film, especially for its wider UK cinema release in 2019, prominently features the heavily pregnant Barker in a swimming pool, bare chest and bump equally prominent above his swimming shorts. Like much of the written and visual language employed to signify trans pregnancy within mainstream media, such imagery relies on the “extraordinary” juxtaposition of bodily features normatively associated with men and women. What is truly unusual about Barker’s film, however, is how it deviates from a now-standard narrative of the “pregnant man”. |
| Keywords | transgender |
| pregnancy | |
| representation | |
| queer family | |
| Journal | Feminist Media Studies |
| Journal citation | 19 (5), pp. 764-767 |
| ISSN | 1471-5902 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1630925 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2019.1630925 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 13 Jun 2019 |
| Funder | ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council) |