(Un)Natural Bodies: Transphobia and the Visualization of Violence on Trans People in Malayalam Cinema

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Acknowledgement

I am extremely grateful to the editors of the journal and the anonymous peer reviewer/s for their extensive critical feedback to improve the draft. I also express my gratitude to Dr Gigy J Alex and Dr Wibke Straube for their critical feedback on an early version of this study.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 This article uses gender-neutral pronouns “they/their/them” to those characters who have not explicitly stated the pronouns they prefer to be addressed with. The pronoun “he/she” is used for those who have been trans feminine or transmasculine and who have undergone gender-affirmative healthcare procedures in the narrative.

2“ Gender dysphoria” is a term that describes a sense of unease that a person may have because of a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.

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Anu Kuriakose

Anu Kuriakose is an Assistant Professor at Department of HSS, NIT Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.