Political anatomy. Body intervention technologies in transgender people, from the “natural” body to the “lived body”
In this article we identify some transformations that were present in the biomedical and legal readings of trans bodies and experiences, since the enactment of the Gender Identity Law in Argentina. By changing certain prescriptive and bureaucratic aspects, part of the pathologizing discourse began t...
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I15-R214-article-3892024-12-17T13:54:17Z Political anatomy. Body intervention technologies in transgender people, from the “natural” body to the “lived body” Anatomopolíticas. Tecnologías de intervención corporal en personas trans, desde el cuerpo “natural” al “cuerpo vivido” Dellacasa, María Alejandra Cuerpos Personas trans Biomedicina Tecnologías corporales Bodies Transgender people Biomedicine Body technologies In this article we identify some transformations that were present in the biomedical and legal readings of trans bodies and experiences, since the enactment of the Gender Identity Law in Argentina. By changing certain prescriptive and bureaucratic aspects, part of the pathologizing discourse began to give way to a series of arguments anchored in the right to identity, but fundamentally the way in which trans people were seen and how they positioned themselves socially At the same time, the democratization of the access to bodily intervention technologies approved by the already mentioned law, allowed those who wished, that is to say- without any diagnostic requirement and free of charge – to have an operation that would transform their own body. Finally, we analyze these transformations in the light of Judith Butler's proposal and the contributions of constructivism as instances that overcome the essentialist position, but at the same time we identify a series of limitations that prevent us from contemplating the dimension of "lived bodies". In this sense, we include the proposals of phenomenology to enrich new perspectives about trans experiences, as well as new interpretation of bodies and their relationship with technologies. En este artículo identificamos algunas transformaciones que han operado en las lecturas biomédica de los cuerpos y las experiencias trans, a partir de la sanción de la Ley de Identidad de Género en Argentina. Al cambiar ciertos aspectos normativos y burocráticos, parte del discurso patologizante comenzó a dejar paso a una serie de argumentos anclados en el derecho a la identidad, pero fundamentalmente se transformó el modo en que las personas trans eran vistas y cómo se posicionaban socialmente. Al mismo tiempo, la democratización del acceso a tecnologías corporales que habilitó dicha Ley, hizo posible que, quienes lo deseaban, pudieran acceder -sin requisitos diagnósticos y de manera gratuita- a intervenciones que permitieran transformar el propio cuerpo. Para finalizar, analizamos estas transformaciones a la luz de la propuesta de Judith Butler y los aportes del constructivismo como instancias superadoras de la postura esencialista, pero al mismo tiempo, identificamos una serie de limitaciones que impiden contemplar la dimensión de los “cuerpos vividos”. En este sentido, incluimos los planteos de la fenomenología para enriquecer nuevas perspectivas acerca de las experiencias trans, así como nuevas lecturas de los cuerpos y su relación con las tecnologías. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. UNR 2024-12-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/389 10.35305/zf.vi32.389 Zona Franca; No. 32 (2024); 178-208 Zona Franca; Núm. 32 (2024); 178-208 Zona Franca; Núm. 32 (2024); 178-208 2545-6504 0329-8019 spa https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/389/403 https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/389/404 Derechos de autor 2024 María Alejandra Dellacasa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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In this article we identify some transformations that were present in the biomedical and legal readings of trans bodies and experiences, since the enactment of the Gender Identity Law in Argentina. By changing certain prescriptive and bureaucratic aspects, part of the pathologizing discourse began to give way to a series of arguments anchored in the right to identity, but fundamentally the way in which trans people were seen and how they positioned themselves socially At the same time, the democratization of the access to bodily intervention technologies approved by the already mentioned law, allowed those who wished, that is to say- without any diagnostic requirement and free of charge – to have an operation that would transform their own body.
Finally, we analyze these transformations in the light of Judith Butler's proposal and the contributions of constructivism as instances that overcome the essentialist position, but at the same time we identify a series of limitations that prevent us from contemplating the dimension of "lived bodies". In this sense, we include the proposals of phenomenology to enrich new perspectives about trans experiences, as well as new interpretation of bodies and their relationship with technologies. |
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