Living the opposite sex : trans journeys in Southern Spain / Christoph Imhof

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imhof, Christoph, author.

Series:

Kultur und soziale Praxis 2703-0024

Kultur und soziale Praxis, 2703-0024

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Spain--Andalusia.

Trans people.

Trans people--Social aspects--Spain--Andalusia.

Gender nonconformity--Spain--Andalusia.

Gender nonconformity.

Gender identity--Spain--Andalusia.

Gender identity.

Transgender people.

Gender non-conforming identiity.

Spain--Andalusia.

Physical Description:

226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Transcript, [2023]

Summary:

"Studying the life situations of trans persons reveals preceding and ongoing political, societal and cultural transformations. This ethnographic study concerns individuals in Andalusia, Southern Spain, who do not fit the sex and gender assigned to them at birth. Christoph Imhof thus investigates issues leading back to the repressive situation during the dictatorship of Franco and to contemporary endeavours and achievements regarding acceptance, citizenship and self-determination. He highlights the pioneering role that Andalusia has played within Spain regarding trans issues since the late 1990s and shows how trans persons in Southern Spain have experienced the growing social, medical and legal acceptance of their gender non-conformity."--Publisher's website

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Methodological and theoretical framework

Addressing the research subjects: The crux of labelling

Structure

Further notes

ch. 1 Trans research: Of gender ambiguity, gender dysphoria and gender recognition

1.1. Gender non-conforming people from an anthropological perspective: A few selected cases

1.2. From sexual deviance to gender fluidity

1.3. The situation in Spain and Andalusia: From criminalisation to inclusion in the Public Health System

1.4. Some numbers

ch. 2 Embodied feelings: The sense of self-awareness of others

2.1. Memories of sex and gender

2.2. The meaning of the genitalia in relation to sex/gender awareness

2.3. It's in the brain: The dualism between body and mind

2.4. Further thoughts about the concept of the body and dualism

ch. 3 In search of a solution: Of agency and changing structures

3.1. Stopping a snowball in Andalusia

3.2. Sources of information and ways of adapting

3.3. Media as a source of information, representation and communication

3.4. Associations as points of information, support and political action

3.5. Conclusion

ch. 4 To make a living

4.1. The work situation as a challenge

4.2. School and education

4.3. The tenacity of stereotypes

4.4. Sex work

4.5. Cabaret and entertainment

4.6. Being employed

4.7. Without a job

4.8. Concluding remarks

ch. 5 Transfigured families

5.1. Of parents and siblings

5.2. Of partners and children

5.3. Who first to tell

5.4. Without familial support

5.5. Concluding remarks

5.6. Summary

ch. 6 The quest for citizenship

6.1. The / Orgullo Trans (The first Trans Pride)

6.2. Private and public / Intimacy and citizenship

6.3. Identity and community

6.4. Some further thoughts.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) - University of Bern

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index

ISBN:

9783837665659

3837665658

OCLC:

1346950561

Publisher Number:

99993287076

9783837665659