María Mercedes Lafaurie Villamil - En el camino de la feminización

2014, Colombia, María Mercedes Lafaurie Villamil, Spanish,

Original title: "En el camino de la feminización: Estudio de las prácticas de intervención corporal de travestis del área de influencia del Hospital Santa Clara E.S.E. de Bogotá, Colombia" (On the road to feminization: A study of the body intervention practices of transvestites in the area of influence of the Santa Clara E.S.E. Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia) by María Mercedes Lafaurie Villamil.

Study on the practices of corporal intervention with a view to the feminization of a group of transvestites located in the tolerance zone of downtown Bogotá, between the towns of Los Mártires and Santa Fe. The reader will find a rigorous description of the artisanal techniques used by these people to acquire a feminine appearance; the health risks involved in such practices; of the imaginaries and conceptions that drive them, and of the socio-cultural contexts to which the subjects addressed belong.

The book aims to make visible the health problems faced by the transvestite community of the Capital District, often excluded and ignored by both ordinary people and political authorities, and to provide precise concepts to health professionals so that they acquire a deeper knowledge about the causes and implications of the artisanal procedures with which certain individuals seek their feminization.

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