This narrative follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes ("travestis" in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador. Travestis are males who, at an age as young as ten, adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles and linguistic pronouns. They ingest massive doses of female hormones and inject litres of industrial silicone into their bodies to create breasts, wide hips and large thighs and buttocks. However, no travesti identifies herself as a woman, moreover they regard any male that does so as mentally disturbed. The text analyzes the ways that travestis modify their bodies, explores the motivations that lead them to choose this particular gendered identity, and examines the complex relationships that they maintain with one another, their boyfriends and their families. Also examining how they earn their living through prostitution and discussing the reasons that prostitution for most travestis is a positive and affirmative experience. Arguing that transgenderism never occurs in a natural or arbitrary form, the text shows how it is created in specific social contexts and assumes specific social forms, suggesting that travestis may distill and perfect the messages that give meaning to gender throughout Brazilian society and possibly throughout much of Latin America.
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我的anthro X gender studies启蒙读物。
评分我的anthro X gender studies启蒙读物。
评分男神don kulick
评分好看惹，有阅读快感呢！！大概是因为是我偏爱领域的交叉，又写得非常畅快。
评分民族志/人类学学术研究真的好像讲故事，看着有点放不下。Travesti这个存在本身实在太令人惊奇了，一方面大开眼界，一方面看到了学者为了深入其中做的努力，同时又想质疑说这样的做法到底合适吗？还得继续往下看。最有趣的是讲travesti童年对同性情欲的发现，总觉得踩在性暴力的边缘；以及最后关于主体性的分析，主体性主要从语言使用来分析，非常到位。今日课后，完全刷新，这本书被大家批得体无完肤，自从上queer culture的课，老师最强调的就是ethics & privilege of researcher，然后这本书再次犯了没有尊重受研究者的大忌，加之似乎在想要还原真实travesti的愿望下再次加深stereotype。queer studies+人类学确实不容易啊。
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