Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
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In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist Don
Kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes
(called travestis in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador.
Travestis are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten,
adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles, and linguistic
pronouns. More dramatically, they ingest massive doses of female
hormones and inject up to twenty liters of industrial silicone into
their bodies to create breasts, wide hips, and large thighs and
buttocks. Despite such irreversible physiological changes,
virtually no travesti identifies herself as a woman. Moreover,
travestis regard any male who does so as mentally disturbed. Kulick
analyzes the various ways 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. Kulick also
looks at how travestis earn their living through prostitution and
discusses the reasons prostitution, for most travestis, is a
positive and affirmative experience. Arguing that transgenderism
never occurs in a natural or arbitrary form, Kulick shows how it is
created in specific social contexts and assumes specific social
forms. Furthermore, Kulick suggests that travestis--far from
deviating from normative gendered expectations--may in fact distill
and perfect the messages that give meaning to gender throughout
Brazilian society and possibly throughout much of Latin America.
Through Kulick's engaging voice and sharp analysis, this elegantly
rendered account is not only a landmark study in its discipline but
also a fascinating read for anyone interested in sexuality and
gender.
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