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Main Author: Debra A. Castillo
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez 2006
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=85903003
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  • Asylum and Identity: the transvestite case Debra A. Castillo Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Asylum identyti transvestite For our purposes, Hernández Montiel’s story helps focus adiscussion about patterns ofviolence against transgender individuals in Mexico, aswell as how the discussions of these practices have beenexported to the US, and in turn, how US scholars and USsex tourists, as well as USdiscussions of gay rights,have informed some practices and discussions in Mexico.Th is back-and-forth of mutual infl uence and partialincomprehension involves, for example, the necessary legalinscription of cultural stereotypes as irrefutable fi ndings offact, as well as a fair amount of projection and fulfi llmentof wishes from numerous sites, in both directions. 2006 artículo científico 0188-9834 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=85903003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=859 NÓESIS. REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANIDADES application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez NÓESIS. REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANIDADES (México) Num.30 Vol.15