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Trans subjectivities in Iran: epistemic misrecognition
Inserm, L’IDUP-Paris1 Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1464-8874
2023 (English)In: Journal of Gender Studies, ISSN 0958-9236, E-ISSN 1465-3869, Vol. 32, no 7, p. 671-682Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Gender Affirmation Surgery (GAS), or Amali Tasdigi Jinsiyat in Persian, was permitted by Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa in 1982. Although GAS is allowed under Islamic law, trans subjectivities in Iran are misrecognized. Here we investigate the construction of trans subjectivities in Iranian society through an intersectional analysis of different power relations. We analyse discourses and practices of gender at structural, institutional and individual levels. We build on the concept of 'epistemic misrecognition' to explain how Iranian trans people's status is misrecognized both inside and outside Iran, which has made Iranian trans people and their experience invisible in society. Furthermore, we employ the notion of 'subjectivation' to describe the multiplicities of trans subjectivation in Iranian society. We apply Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse forty-six semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted during 2015-2018.

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Routledge, 2023. Vol. 32, no 7, p. 671-682
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Institutional misrecognition, subjectivation, trans normativity, translessness, trans diversity
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-99038DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2022.2068517ISI: 000789727300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85132653796OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-99038DiVA, id: diva2:1658626
Available from: 2022-05-17 Created: 2022-05-17 Last updated: 2023-12-08Bibliographically approved

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