Living the Opposite Sex

Trans Journeys in Southern Spain

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Author(s)
Imhof, Christoph
Collection
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Language
English
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Abstract
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.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/162543
Keywords
Spain; Andalusia; Ethnography; Trans; Gender; Cultural Anthropology; Queer Theory; Gender Studies; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSJ LGBTQ+ Studies / topics
DOI
10.14361/9783839465653
ISBN
9783839465653, 9783837665659
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Publisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.de
Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2022
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Imprint
transcript Verlag
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis,
Pages
228