Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note to the Reader vii
4. INTRODUCTION In the Flesh of (National) History 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Cut from a Different Cloth Gender Transgressions in the Early Twentieth Century 23
6. CHAPTER 2 The Body I Was Born In Governing Sex and Embodiment Repertoires during the Era of the Biomedical Transition 65
7. CHAPTER 3 Queens in the Theaters and the Streets The Global Making of Travestis’ Popular Culture and Everyday Technologies 105
8. CHAPTER 4 Living Laboratories: Travesti/Trans Knowledge and Homemade Technologies 139
9. CHAPTER 5 The Carnal Revolution Trans Citizenship and the Limits of Democratic Transition 177
10. Epilogue 213
11. Acknowledgments 225
12. Notes 227
13. Bibliography 263
14. Index 279