Article analyzes historical trans* narratives and their acceptance in colonial contexts, highlighting societal implications.
Key Points
This article aims to critically examine trans* experiences and their intelligibility within historical contexts, particularly under colonial authorities.
Employs a critical framework to analyze documentary evidence and historical narratives.
Investigates key terms such as name, testimony, and clothing within a transvestite-trans* theoretical approach.
Draws insights from a judicial case dated 1784 from Buenos Aires to explore colonial gender dynamics.
Identifies practices pursued or condemned by colonial authorities affecting trans* identities.
Highlights the conditions surrounding the case of the 'hermaphrodite Indian thief' in a colonial judicial context.
Demonstrates the potential for reinterpreting trans* ways of life through understanding unintelligibility.