Travesti

出版者:University Of Chicago Press

作者:Don Kulick

页数:277

出版时间:1998-11-15

价格:USD 29.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780226461007

图书标签:人类学性别研究gender性transgendersextravestiseuality

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.

用户评价

the variation of gender and sexuality under the shade of spectrum

我的anthro X gender studies启蒙读物。

虽然不被朋友推荐看（仅仅因为不适合我的阅读口味，的确很正确，因为并没有很吸引我，但有些地方还是有小小的触动）。作者还是完全从gender system方面做了解释，但我总觉着，travesti既想变得女性化又贬低女性的态度还真是很像，既然无法得到（有一部分宗教观念原因），就必须来抬高自己，把变成女人的愿望移置成对自己某些方面男性化的赞美与对女性的贬低（这么说真是很精神分析），当然也还可能有其他很多因素，比如经济与阶级。其他方面都很好。

虽然不被朋友推荐看（仅仅因为不适合我的阅读口味，的确很正确，因为并没有很吸引我，但有些地方还是有小小的触动）。作者还是完全从gender system方面做了解释，但我总觉着，travesti既想变得女性化又贬低女性的态度还真是很像，既然无法得到（有一部分宗教观念原因），就必须来抬高自己，把变成女人的愿望移置成对自己某些方面男性化的赞美与对女性的贬低（这么说真是很精神分析），当然也还可能有其他很多因素，比如经济与阶级。其他方面都很好。

the variation of gender and sexuality under the shade of spectrum