Brazilian 'Travesti' Migrations (Softcover)

Name: Brazilian 'Travesti' Migrations
Author: Julieta Vartabedian

Gender, Sexualities and Embodiment Experiences

von Julieta Vartabedian Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 - Erschienen 24.01.2019 - Kartoniert, 260 Seiten, 210mm x 148mm x 15mm, Sprache(n): eng

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Sheds new light on the interconnections between identity, gender, sexualities and geographical displacementAnalyses the impact of bodily and geographic migrations on 'travesti' subjectivitiesProvides an innovative contribution to debates on trans issues, gender and identityBuilds bridges between Portuguese and Spanish discussions of trans issues and those in the English-speaking world

This book sheds new light on the interconnections between identity, gender and geographical displacement. At its centre are Brazilian travesti migrants, assigned as male at birth but later seeking to convey the aesthetic attributes of women by repeatedly performing a minutely-studied type of femininity. Despite the fact that they have been migrating between Brazil and Europe for more than forty years, very little is know about them, especially in the English-speaking world. This work therefore fills a significant lacuna in our understandings of sexualities, bodies and trans issues, whilst rejecting hegemonic terms such as 'transsexual' and 'transgender' in favour of the specificity of the travesti. What it presents is an ethnographical study of their bodily and geographic-spatial migrations, analysing how they become travestis through the gendered modification of their bodies, their involvement in sex work, and the transnational migrations to Europe that many of them make. Examining their lives in both Brazil and Europe, it also analyses how their migrations influence the construction of their subjectivities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Brazil and Barcelona, this exciting book will appeal to all those interested in gender, sexuality and transgender issues.

Julieta Vartabedian is a researcher at the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. In her work she combines gender studies, feminist theory, ethnographic and embodiment research. Her articles have been published in Qualitative Research and Sexualities.

Julieta Vartabedian is a researcher at the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. In her work she combines gender studies, feminist theory, ethnographic and embodiment research. Her articles have been published in Qualitative Research and Sexualities.

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