In search of the “true” transexual person: about the production of differential dignity and citizenship

Authors

  • Luiza Ferreira Lima Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v25i25p267-292

Keywords:

Transexualidade, Tribunais Estaduais, Cidadania, Pessoa, Marcadores Sociais da Diferença.

Abstract

This article investigates classification systems and patterns of political subjectivity underlying the argumentative logic elaborated by magistrates when judging pleas for rectification of name and “sex” in legal documents demanded by transexual people in Brazilian State Courts. From my master’s research and the analysis of judicial decisions published from 2000 to 2014, I propose the questioning of the universalizing model of citizenship presented by Law and point meanings of suffering, merit, illness and personhood, as well as to the articulation of social markers of difference, such as gender as sexuality, as elements that establish the acknowledgement of entitlement to rights.

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Author Biography

  • Luiza Ferreira Lima, Universidade de São Paulo
    Bacharel em Direito, mestra em Antropologia Social e graduanda em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo. É membro do Núcleo de Antropologia do Direito (NADIR) e do Núcleo de Estudos dos Marcadores Sociais da Diferença (NUMAS), ambos da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH-USP). Realizou estágio de pesquisa na modalidade BEPE (Bolsa de Estágio de Pesquisa no Exterior) em Princeton University (NJ - EUA), sob supervisão do Prof. Dr. João Biehl.

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Published

2017-10-02

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 25 (2016)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Lima, L. F. (2017). In search of the “true” transexual person: about the production of differential dignity and citizenship. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 25(25), 267-292. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v25i25p267-292