TRANSPHOBIA IN EBRU NİHAN CELKAN’S KİMSENİN ÖLMEDİĞİ BİR GÜNÜN ERTESİYDİ (AFTER THE DAY NOBODY DIED) Cover Image
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TRANSPHOBIA IN EBRU NİHAN CELKAN’S KİMSENİN ÖLMEDİĞİ BİR GÜNÜN ERTESİYDİ (AFTER THE DAY NOBODY DIED)
TRANSPHOBIA IN EBRU NİHAN CELKAN’S KİMSENİN ÖLMEDİĞİ BİR GÜNÜN ERTESİYDİ (AFTER THE DAY NOBODY DIED)

Author(s): Evrim Ersöz Koç
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Turkish Literature
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: gender; LGBTQ; transphobia; Turkish literature; drama;
Summary/Abstract: Since the last decade in both private theater companies and state theater in Turkey, there has been a rise in the number of transgender characters or themes that invite the audience into the hardships the transgender individuals face. Along with the adaptation of “in-yer-face” movement in alternative theater and pride parades that hope for a better integration of LGBTQ into everyday life, transgender characters that previously emerged on the Turkish stages as “stereotypes” has developed into more complex characters that enable a better grasp of their psychological and social traumas in patriarchal heteronormative societies (Baş, 2016; Celkan, 2014; Mitrani, 2014). Celkan comments on this change of transgender individuals on the Turkish stage stating that “their journey from the streets to the stages also encapsulates a journey from “type” to “character” (Celkan, 2014).

  • Page Range: 131-142
  • Page Count: 12
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Language: English