“Always Too Much of Everything!”: Health Production among Transvestities and Transsexuals

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Autor(a) principal: Sampaio, Juliana Vieira
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Germano, Idilva Pires
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista Estudos Feministas
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/38771
Resumo: This study aimed to know how transvestites and transsexuals negotiate with institutionalized spaces of health and the practices they understand as promoting their health. Interviews with two transvestites and two transsexuals were conducted in the city of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil), addressing themes like local, form and difficulties of receiving medical care when ill, practices of corporal transformation among others. The information was discussed from a Foucauldian perspective and a critical theory of gender. We observed that the participants production of health is generally associated with the construction of a beautiful female body, even when it implies refusing medical prescription and personal risk. We conclude that transvestites and transsexuals’ main demands for health move away from practices of medical care offered by State agencies which have adopted a binary notion of sex/gender in their actions.
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spelling “Always Too Much of Everything!”: Health Production among Transvestities and Transsexuals“Tudo é sempre de muito!”: produção de saúde entre travestis e transexuaisThis study aimed to know how transvestites and transsexuals negotiate with institutionalized spaces of health and the practices they understand as promoting their health. Interviews with two transvestites and two transsexuals were conducted in the city of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil), addressing themes like local, form and difficulties of receiving medical care when ill, practices of corporal transformation among others. The information was discussed from a Foucauldian perspective and a critical theory of gender. We observed that the participants production of health is generally associated with the construction of a beautiful female body, even when it implies refusing medical prescription and personal risk. We conclude that transvestites and transsexuals’ main demands for health move away from practices of medical care offered by State agencies which have adopted a binary notion of sex/gender in their actions.Este estudo investigou como travestis e transexuais negociam com os espaços institucionalizados de saúde e quais práticas compreendem como produtoras de saúde. Foramrealizadas entrevistas com duas travestis e duas transexuais na cidade de Fortaleza, abordandoquestões sobre local, forma e dificuldades do atendimento quando ficam doentes, suas práticasde mudança corporal, entre outras. As informações obtidas foram discutidas a partir de umaperspectiva foucaultiana e de uma teoria crítica sobre o gênero. Observamos que a saúdeentre as participantes está associada à construção de um corpo feminino belo, mesmo quandoimplica recusa às prescrições médicas e risco pessoal. Concluímos que a demanda por saúdede travestis e transexuais afasta-se das práticas de assistência propostas pelo Estado, que temadotado uma noção binária de sexo/gênero para pautar suas ações.Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina2017-05-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPesquisa empírica de campoapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/3877110.1590/%xRevista Estudos Feministas; Vol. 25 No. 2 (2017); 453-472Revista Estudos Feministas; Vol. 25 Núm. 2 (2017); 453-472Revista Estudos Feministas; v. 25 n. 2 (2017); 453-4721806-95840104-026Xreponame:Revista Estudos Feministasinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCporhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/38771/34183Copyright (c) 2018 Revista Estudos Feministasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSampaio, Juliana VieiraGermano, Idilva Pires2018-04-23T08:17:57Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/38771Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/oai||ref@cfh.ufsc.br1806-95840104-026Xopendoar:2022-11-21T11:38:25.306904Revista Estudos Feministas - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)true
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description This study aimed to know how transvestites and transsexuals negotiate with institutionalized spaces of health and the practices they understand as promoting their health. Interviews with two transvestites and two transsexuals were conducted in the city of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil), addressing themes like local, form and difficulties of receiving medical care when ill, practices of corporal transformation among others. The information was discussed from a Foucauldian perspective and a critical theory of gender. We observed that the participants production of health is generally associated with the construction of a beautiful female body, even when it implies refusing medical prescription and personal risk. We conclude that transvestites and transsexuals’ main demands for health move away from practices of medical care offered by State agencies which have adopted a binary notion of sex/gender in their actions.
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