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      A Teoria Queer e a Sociologia: o desafio de uma analítica da normalização Translated title: Queer Theory and Sociology: the challenging analysis of normalization

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          Originada a partir dos Estudos Culturais norte-americanos, a Teoria Queer ganhou notoriedade como contraponto crítico aos estudos sociológicos sobre minorias sexuais e à política identitária dos movimentos sociais. Baseada em uma aplicação criativa da filosofia pós-estruturalista para a compreensão da forma como a sexualidade estrutura a ordem social contemporânea, há mais de uma década debatem-se suas afinidades e tensões com relação às ciências sociais e, em particular, com a Sociologia. Este artigo se insere no debate, analisa as similaridades e distinções entre as duas e, por fim, expõe um panorama do diálogo presente que aponta para a convergência possível no projeto queer de criar uma analítica da normalização.

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          Originated from the American Cultural Studies, Queer Theory has gained a reputation as a critical counterpoint to the sociological studies on sexual minorities and the political identity of the social movements. Based on a creative implementation of post-structuralist philosophy for the understanding of how sexuality shapes the contemporary social order, for more than a decade its affinities and tensions, as related to the social sciences, and particularly to sociology, are in discussion. This article joins the debate, analyzes the similarities and distinctions between those two, and finally presents an overview of the current dialogue, pointing to a possible convergence in the queer project to enable an analysis of normalization.

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          Travesti : Sex, Gender, and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes

          Don Kulick (1998)
          In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist Don Kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes (called <i>travestis</i> in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador. <i>Travestis</i> are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten, adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles, and linguistic pronouns. More dramatically, they ingest massive doses of female hormones and inject up to twenty liters of industrial silicone into their bodies to create breasts, wide hips, and large thighs and buttocks. Despite such irreversible physiological changes, virtually no <i>travesti</i> identifies herself as a woman. Moreover, <i>travestis</i> regard any male who does so as mentally disturbed.<br> <br> Kulick analyzes the various ways <i>travestis</i> modify their bodies, explores the motivations that lead them to choose this particular gendered identity, and examines the complex relationships that they maintain with one another, their boyfriends, and their families. Kulick also looks at how <i>travestis</i> earn their living through prostitution and discusses the reasons prostitution, for most <i>travestis,</i> is a positive and affirmative experience.<br> <br> Arguing that transgenderism never occurs in a "natural" or arbitrary form, Kulick shows how it is created in specific social contexts and assumes specific social forms. Furthermore, Kulick suggests that <i>travestis</i>—far from deviating from normative gendered expectations—may in fact distill and perfect the messages that give meaning to gender throughout Brazilian society and possibly throughout much of Latin America.<br> <br> Through Kulick's engaging voice and sharp analysis, this elegantly rendered account is not only a landmark study in its discipline but also a fascinating read for anyone interested in sexuality and gender.<br>
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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                soc
                Sociologias
                Sociologias
                Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia - UFRGS (Porto Alegre )
                1807-0337
                June 2009
                : 0
                : 21
                : 150-182
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal de São Carlos Brazil
                Article
                S1517-45222009000100008
                10.1590/S1517-45222009000100008
                07edccee-81c5-4e29-ad44-a7460d03aaf2

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                Categories
                SOCIOLOGY

                Sociology
                Queer Theory,Sociology,Sexuality,Differences,Michel Foucault,Analysis of normalization,Teoria Queer,Sociologia,Sexualidade,Diferenças,Analítica da normalização

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