Uses Critical Discourse Analysis and an overview of critical theory, in general, to analyse and understand Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in popular modern children’s cartoon series. Takes a qualitative approach and samples episodes from 20 different cartoons and looks at five major themes these characters represent. As well as discussing the language used around gender non-conforming people in children’s contexts, it looks at language in power and references Fairclough’s 2003 study on analysing discourse. It would be beneficial as a reference point for a variety of Genderqueer animated characters, with the beginnings of some useful linguistic analysis.
Vogt, O. (2022). “You Are an Experience!”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in Children’s Animated Series (Doctoral dissertation, North Dakota State University). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/you-are-experience-critical-discourse-analysis/docview/2721219508/se-2?accountid=11979