Sexual Dissidences: Frau Diamandas Catalan Scenes, the Travesti Politics of Resistance, and Anti-canonical Knowledge

Travesti writers, voices, performers, artists, and historians present a collective narrative of survival.

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 traves...