Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Don Kulick The Title is Travesti : Sex, Gender and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 277. Category - Psychology Product Description - 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. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167257021
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Fiction/Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction
Genre/Subject: Psychology
Brand: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender &
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Title: Travesti Sex Gender and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered
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UPC: 9780226461007
EAN: 9780226461007
ISBN: 9780226461007
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Number of Pages: 278 Pages
Publication Name: Travesti : Sex, Gender, and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Sociology / General, Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Prostitution & Sex Trade, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1998
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Don Kulick
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Psychology
Series: Worlds of Desire: the Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
