The Aesthetic and Political Practices of Trans Women in Peru Skins of Desire
This book explores the political-aesthetic practices of transgender women in Lima, Peru, and how they use these to survive and fight for recognition and full citizenship, through drawing on ethnographic research and on decolonial feminist and aesthetic theories. Chapters analyze how the vulnerabilit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Trans-Aesthetics and the Struggle for Recognition Politics Seen from a Decolonial Perspective
- 3. Thinking with and from Skins: Reflections on Methodology and Method in Ethnographic Research from the Encounter and Collaboration with Trans Women in Lima, Peru
- 4. Tracing the History of the Trans Movement in Lima, Peru
- 5. First and Second Skin: The Body as a Political-Aesthetic Territory
- 6. Third and Fourth Skin: Sexuality, Identity, and Power Relations
- 7. The Fifth Skin: Capitalism, Modernity/Coloniality and Patriarchy
- 8. Conclusions