Original title: "Mujeres trans*, violencia y cárcel" (Trans* Women, Violence and Prison) by Chloé Constant.
"From a critical feminist perspective, in this work the author presents methodological reflections on socio-anthropological work in prison and analyzes the experiences of trans* women who were imprisoned in a men's prison in Mexico City. Through a transdisciplinary dialogue, which recovers the perspective of experiences from body and gender studies, she explores the multiple forms of violence that trans * women have experienced before, during and after prison.
Likewise, she shows how the prison constitutes an institution permeated by power and organized according to specific laws, which reproduces and deepens gender inequalities and transphobic violence, attempting to impose a unique way of living gender. This book contributes to studies on the prison system and gender violence in Mexico, showing us how trans* women face social structures that constrain and violate them, and how they explore spaces for resistance."
"Chloé Constant is a full-time professor-researcher at Flacso Mexico. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Institute of Advanced Studies in Latin America at the University Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle; a diploma in Latin American Studies and Body Studies; is an associate researcher at the Center for Mexican and Central American Studies (CEMCA); a member of the Feminism(s), Culture and Power Network, and the Network for the Study of Prison Spaces (REEC). Between 2007 and 2014 she conducted research in the Peruvian penitentiary field, specializing in prison and gender issues.
Between 2014 and 2016, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Postgraduate Program in Women's Studies at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco unit, where she was trained in the problem of gender violence and sexuality studies. At that time, her research addressed the life trajectories of Mexican trans* women and their prison experiences, from a Foucauldian and feminist perspective. Her lines of research are: gender, sexuality, gender-based violence, LGBT+ population and rights, prison system, prisons, feminist justice."
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