Muxeninity and the Institutionalization of a Third Gender Identity in Alejandra Islas's Muxes: auténticas, intrépidas, buscadoras de peligro.
This article focuses on Alejandra Islas's documentary Muxes: auténticas, intrépidas, buscadoras de peligro (Mexico, 2005) and the way it demonstrates that transgenderism has become an institutionalized gender practice within Zapotec culture. It argues for an understanding of female relations and how...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Research Journal Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 175 - 194 |
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