Publication details
Trans* příběhy o těle a s tělem
| Title in English | Trans* naratives about the body and with the body |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | trans* identities; trans* bodies; body modifications |
| Description | The heteronormative order is based on the categorization of people into men and women. The categories of man and woman are understood as given, fixed, ahistorical and universal. Trans* identities represent a "border area“ where categories of woman, man and binary differentiation between "male“ and "female“ bodies are redefined and reestablished. This article is based on an analysis of 18 semi-structured interviews with trans people in the Czech republic. The first part of the article is focused on ways how trans* people relate to their bodies. The second part discusses gender aspects of hormonal body modification. The third part opens the question of passing and legibility in the context of body modification and representation of their own gender identity. |