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Non-binary embodiment and bodily discomfort : body as social signum
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Transgender embodiment and transgender-related bodily discomfort have been discussed primarily from a medical perspective that downplays the role of society in shaping one’s orientation towards the body. Drawing on qualitative data on the everyday lives of non-binary individuals, the article analyses the phenomenon of transgender bodily discomfort or bodily dysphoria using a Bourdieusian framework. The data show that bodily discomfort arises in relation to the bodily parts, characteristics and processes that are most heavily invested as being the parts that supposedly tell the ‘truth’ about one’s gender, and in relation to the bodily hexis that is socially recognised as being indicative of one’s gender. The analysis shows that the embodied socially dominant schemes of perception and classifications on which a binary body typology is based contribute to the rise of transgender-related bodily discomfort. Thus, despite the bodily discomfort being individually manifested and experienced, it is (also) the socially embodied – the social body – that reaches out through the discomfort of a socialised body.
Language:
English
Keywords:
bodily discomfort
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bodily dysphoria
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Bourdieu
,
gender
,
non-binary
Work type:
Article
Typology:
1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:
FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
Publication status:
Published
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Year:
2024
Number of pages:
Str. 213–232
Numbering:
Vol. 72, iss. 1
PID:
20.500.12556/RUL-149241
UDC:
305
ISSN on article:
0038-0261
DOI:
10.1177/00380261231189049
COBISS.SI-ID:
161649667
Publication date in RUL:
05.09.2023
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Title:
Sociological review
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Social. rev.
Publisher:
SAGE, The Sociological Review Publication Limited
ISSN:
0038-0261
COBISS.SI-ID:
26414848
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ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:
P5-0183
Name:
Socialna psihologija in sociologija vsakdanjega življenja
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ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Funding programme:
Young researchers
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