Un recueil de textes d'écrivains, d'acteurs et d'artistes travestis.
Despite its long history, the unique Latin American phenomenon of sexual identity, travesti, has been largely overlooked in Western European discourse. Travesti brings to life systems of knowledge and the attitude of autonomy that occupies a distinct position within the clash of class, gender, and race. The development of long-term forms of ephemerality sheds light on processes of travesti anti-capitalist revolt, as well as the capacity of travesti to exploit and/or migrate themselves in order to make life possible and worth living, and the dynamics of practices and reflections to emerge anew. Despite the necropolitical grip on their lives, the swaying of travesti bodies is both witty and powerful. They themselves have taken detailed steps to find a way to exist and build communities.
Drawing together numerous writers, voices, performers, artists, and historians, this book is not merely about travesti, it is travesti.
The second part of the book is a translation of Frau Diamanda/Héctor Acuña's book Escenas Catalana. With Forewords by Diego Falconí Trávez and Hernán Migoya, and illustrations by Juan Carlos Cajigas "Juka", César "Chechi" Chávez, Jesús García, and Rapha Hu.
« Frau Diamanda chronicles transnational migrant transits of nonbinary desire. Catalan Scenes lingers on orgiastic imaginaries and sexual soundscapes. This good-looking book expands the repertoire of Latin American travesti theory. A must read. »
Giancarlo Cornejo
« With drawings and stories, Catalan Scenes tells us of the beautiful strength of migrant steps, the ravishing forcefulness of travesti steps, which despite conservatism and repression have managed to take over and subvert the public spaces of demure Catalonia. »
Daniela Ortiz
« It transports you to the cruising zones of Barcelona! There, Frau Diamanda is the mistress, owner, and sovereign of her desire. She delivers a powerful anti-racist critique while sharing her experiences in the Catalan scene. »
Lucas Platero Méndez
Edité par Oke Fijal, Marina Gržinić, Sen Reyes, Melina Vesely.
Textes de Pêdra Costa, Johan Mijail, R. Marcos Mota, Marina Gržinić and Jovita Pristovšek, Claudia Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Sutherland, Marlene Wayar, Gabriela Wiener, Sergio Zevallos.
Entretiens avec Frau Diamanda and Pêdra Costa, Diego Marchante, Diego Falconí Trávez, Iki Yos Piña Narváez and Francisco Godoy Vega.
Dessins de Iki Yos Piña Narváez.
