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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.
Price: $60.00
Pages: 228
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
23 May 2023
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837665659
Format: Paperback
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Christoph Imhof works as a research associate and lecturer at the School of Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. After turning to social anthropology, he has carried out fieldwork in Cuba, Spain and Switzerland. He is an associated researcher at the Institute of Social Anthropology of the University of Bern. In addition to his interest in the Mediterranean, he does research on living and aging with HIV/Aids, and teaches qualitative research methods and gender theories.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 7
List of abbreviations 9
Introduction 11
Chapter 1. Trans research: Of gender ambiguity, gender dysphoria and gender recognition 31
Chapter 2. Embodied feelings: The sense of self-awareness of others 51
Chapter 3. In search of a solution: Of agency and changing structures 81
Chapter 4. To make a living 111
Chapter 5. Transfigured families 149
Chapter 6. The quest for citizenship 177
Discussion 203
References 213
Index of Research Partners 225