La abyección y la intersección de las identidades de las mujeres trans: Examinando “hacer género” a través de las películas en malayalam Ardhanaari y Njan Marykutty

• Varghese, Anu M. ^[1] ; Tanupriya ^[1]
  1. [1] Christ University

     Christ University

     India

     
• Localización: Comunicación y sociedad, ISSN 2448-9042, ISSN-e 0188-252X, Nº. 20, 2023, 26 págs.
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.32870/cys.v2023.8484
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Abjeção e Identidades de Mulheres Trans Interseccionadas: Examinando “Fazendo Gênero” através dos Filmes Malayalam Ardhanaari eNjan Marykutty
  • Abjection and Intersecting Trans Women Identities: Examining “Doing Gender” through Malayalam Movies Ardhanaari and Njan Marykutty
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• Resumen
  • español

    La no confirmación de las controvertidas normas sociales de género coloca a las identidades trans en un estado de abyección. Los medios de comunicación, principalmente el cine, juegan un papel indispensable en la formación, el rechazo y la promulgación de tales ideologías. Para comprender este discurso, se toman las películas en malayalam Ardhanaari (2015) y Njan Marykutty (2018) para examinar la cuestión de la “abyección”, concepto de Kristeva y “hacer género”, de West y Zimmerman. El estudio argumenta que la abyección que enfrentan las identidades trans las obliga a interpretar su género de acuerdo con la feminidad cisnormativa. El estudio argumenta, además, que las identidades trans deben abrazar la abyección y emplearla como una herramienta política para alterar la estructura de género tradicional hegemónica establecida y sus definiciones.

  • português

    A não confirmação de normas sociais de gênero controversas coloca as identidades trans em um estado abjeto. A mídia, principalmente o cinema, desempenha um papel indis-pensável em moldar, evitar e promulgar tais ideologias. Para entender esse discurso, os filmes Malayalam Ardhanaari (2015) e Njan Marykutty (2018) são levados para exa-minar a questão da “abjeção”, um conceito de Kristeva, e “fazer gênero”, de West e Zimmerman. O estudo argumenta que a abjeção enfrentada pelas identidades trans as obriga a performar seu gênero de acordo com a feminilidade cisnormativa. O estudo argumenta ainda que as identidades trans devem abraçar a abjeção e empregá-la como uma ferramenta política para romper a estrutura de gênero tradicional hegemônica es-tabelecida e suas definições

  • English

    The non-confirmation to vexed societal gender norms places trans identities in an abjected state. Media, mainly cinema, plays an indispensable role in shaping, shunning, and promulgating such ideologies. To understand this discourse, the Malayalam films Ardhanaari (2015) and Njan Marykutty (2018) are taken to examine the question of “abjection”, a concept by Kristeva, and “doing gender”, by West and Zimmerman. The study argues that the abjection trans identities face forces them to perform their gender in accordance with cisnormative femininity. The study further argues that trans identities should embrace abjection and employ it as a political tool to disrupt the established hegemonic traditional gender structure and its definitions.

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