In Pedagogies of The Travestilities, the educator and activist Maria Clara Araújo dos Passos records the struggle of the Movement of Transvestites and Transsexual Women in Brazil, to ensure that the State perceives this community as dignified and guarantees social and political rights.
In order to do so, the author documents the knowledge that has been produced, since 1979 until the present day, by this collective, from its beginning, in the streets, until its arrival in the privileged space of the academy.
The publication of this book in Brazil – which since 2008 leads the terrifying ranking of murders of transvestites and transsexual people – is important to affirm that the existence of these people is not only possible but essential for citizenship to be exercised fully. This edition brings together a presentation by the multi-artist Linn da Quebrada and a preface by a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) Carla Cristina Garcia.
Available via record.com.br
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