Representasi Transgender Dalam Reality Television Shows Di Amerika Serikat

INDRI LARASSANTI, Prof. Ida Rochani Adi, S.U.

2017 | Tesis | S2 Pengkajian Amerika

Representasi transgender di pertelevisian Amerika terdahulu dibumbui dengan stigma, diskriminasi serta stereotip negative. Namun, seiring berjalannya waktu serta munculnya kebangkitan komunitas di Amerika Serikat, transgender perlahan mulai mendapatkan penerimaan dari masyarakat. Hal ini terlihat dari munculnya acara-acara televisi dan film yang mengangkat transgender sebagai topik utama. Tesis ini mengkaji dua serial televisi Amerika bertemakan transgender. Kedua serial televisi itu adalah I Am Cait dan Strut. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian studi kepustakaan di bawah ranah Pengkajian Amerika yang menggunakan pendekatan interdisipliner, representasi dan transgender. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menjelaskan representasi serta usaha-usaha yang dilakukan oleh para transgender di Amerika saat ini melalui kedua reality television show yang sudah disebutkan sebelumnya.

Transgender representations on television American is peppered with stigma, discrimination and negative stereotypes. However, over time and the rise of community in the USA, transgender slowly beginning to gain acceptance from the public. This is evident from the emergence of television shows and movies that lift transgender as the main topic. This thesis examines two transgender-themed television series American. Both television series are I Am Cait and Strut. This research is the study of library research which is conducted within the framework of American Studies that uses an interdisciplinary approach, and theory of representation, and theory of transgender. The objectives of this study are to explain the representation as well as the efforts undertaken by the transgender in America today through the reality television show which has been mentioned previously.

Kata Kunci : representasi, transgender, televisi, Amerika Serikat/representation, transgender, television, United States of America