Trans-harming care : comparing the experiences of Latin American, Caribbean and Dutch transwomen with the Dutch healthcare system /

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Author / Creator:	Swetzer, Lene, author.
Imprint:	Oisterwijk, Netherlands : Wolf Legal Publishers, [2016] ©2016
Description:	ix, 133 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Willem Pompe Junior Podium Reeks ; 9 Willem Pompe Junior Podium reeks ; 9.
Subject:	Transgender people -- Netherlands -- Social conditions. Transgender people -- Health and hygiene -- Netherlands. Immigrants -- Medical care. Netherlands.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10986462

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ISBN:	9462403260 9789462403260
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-133).
Summary:	"Although transgender people have received more and more attention in recent years, their experiences in everyday life, including their experiences with the healthcare system remain heavily understudied. Even more so, the experiences of transgender refugees have been overshadowed by the studies reflecting the experiences of lesbian and gay refugees. By means of a multiplecase study this ethnographic research aims at filling that gap. It sheds light on the different experiences of transwomen with transition-related healthcare in the Netherlands. As the 'trans' community in the Netherlands includes many people from South America, the main question is: Against the backdrop of transitionrelated healthcare, how do Latin American and Caribbean transwomen compared to Dutch transwomen experience the healthcare system in the Netherlands? Besides desk research and participant observation, this question is answered through indepth conversations (and much time spent) with transwomen. Criminological concepts such as social harm and social sorting have been applied in innovative ways, leading to new insights into both these criminological perspectives and human rights violations in this field. The author concludes that the ways in which transwomen experience the healthcare system do not differ so much in how care is provided, but rather in the emotional impact thereof. With this study the author hopes to have contributed to an initial step and encouraged further research into this field of study that has been neglected up until now."--Cover page 4.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Of Transgenders and Criminology
1.2. Typology
1.3. Outlining the Content
2. Methodological Reflection
2.1. Initiating the Research
2.2. The Participants
2.3. Shifting to a Multiple-Case study
2.4. The Issue of Reciprocity
2.5. Placing the Researcher in the Field
3. The Context
3.1. The Netherlands
3.2. Latin America and the Caribbean
3.3. In Academia
4. To be Visible or Not to be Visible, That is the Question
4.1. I am - Defining the Self
4.2. Visibility here, Invisibility there
5. The Trans-migration
5.1. From the Rest to the West - In search of a safe haven?
5.2. From the Rest to Thailand
6. Trans-related health: Between care and harm
6.1. Passing the Test
6.2. One-size-fits-all-trans
6.3. When one Door closes...
7. Concluding Remarks
Bibliography

Trans-harming care : comparing the experiences of Latin American, Caribbean and Dutch transwomen with the Dutch healthcare system /

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