"Nossos corpos também mudam": sexo, gênero e a invenção das categorias "travesti" e "transexual" no discurso científico

The goal of this work is to ponder the construction of the transvestite and transsexual categories in scientific discourse. Starting from the distinction between antiquity's hermaphrodite, more closely associated with magical and mythical notions, and modern medicine's pseudohermaphrodite,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Leite Junior, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da PUC_SP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.pucsp.br:handle/3992
Acceso en línea:https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/3992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gênero
Sexualidade
Hermafrodismo
Sexo
Transexuais
Travestis
Gender
Sexuality
Transvestite
Transsexual
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Sumario:The goal of this work is to ponder the construction of the transvestite and transsexual categories in scientific discourse. Starting from the distinction between antiquity's hermaphrodite, more closely associated with magical and mythical notions, and modern medicine's pseudohermaphrodite, it can be seen how the latter became internalized through the discourse of psychological sciences. Throughout the 20th century, the transvestite and transsexual categories slowly developed from this conceptual basis, understanding the transit between sexes and genders as psychopathological manifestations