Biopolitics and the deaths of trans women in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i19.50301

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This article evaluates the death of trans women in Brazil based on Michel Foucault’s concept of biopolitics. In addition to the high sum of murders, the deaths are marked by intense hatred and aggression. As a hypothesis, it is intended to support that the effects of biopolitics on bodies produce not only gender roles and hierarchies, but also produce the abjection of those dissenting bodies that escape binarism. This position in the social order and in truth, seems to throw these bodies to the society margins, making them precarious and disposed to death.

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Fabio Feltrin, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

He has a bachelor's degree in History from the Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), a master's degree and a doctorate in Cultural History from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He is an associate professor of History at the Federal University of the Southern Frontier (UFFS - Erechim), a researcher at the Laboratory of Discourse Analysis and Uses of the Past and a CNPQ level 2 productivity grant holder.

Leilane Grubba, ATITUS Educação

PhD in Law (UFSC/2015), with a post-doctoral internship (UFSC/2017). Master in Law (UFSC/2011). Master's in Human Sciences at the Federal University of the Southern Border (UFFS/2020). Permanent Professor in the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Law at ATITUS Educação (Master's in Law). Collaborating Professor of the Master's Degree in Psychology at ATITUS Educação (PPGP). Professor at the School of Law (ATITUS Educação). Researcher at the IMED Foundation.

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2023-08-29

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Feltrin, F., & Grubba, L. (2023). Biopolitics and the deaths of trans women in Brazil. Revista Periódicus, 1(19), 267–283. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i19.50301

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Vol. 1 No. 19 (2023): To circulate in alliance: methodologies of collaboration and movements between worlds

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