Jellyfish Antics [Las travesuras de las medusas]:
Belleza, individuación y experiencias trans en el Caribe insular colombiano
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.124436Abstract
This article explores the lived experiences of trans women’s beauty on the island of San Andres in Colombia. It seeks to answer the question about the implications that territory, beauty, and insularity have on their biographical trajectories as a support for the affirmation of respectability, individuality, and self-esteem to circumvent social contempt, racism, and discrimination. Through ethnographies of the hunch and the review of literature on communal life and trans identities from the region and the Global South, the tensions generated by these experiences in the community ecology are addressed. The reflection elucidates the creative and agentic ways in which trans women make their way and accentuate their presence during the transformations of the insular social bond.
Key words: beauty, trans, individuation, Colombian Insular Caribbean, community.
