As sereias também envelhecem : memória, corpo e travestilidade

Abstract

: This dissertation analizes the relation between aging and crossdressing, concerning the memory and projection of the old age image of 04 (four) young crossdressers. The objective is to understand the expectation these young people have created for this period of life, countering their projections of the legal framework which defines those who are considered old according to the current laws in Brazil. The Brazilian Elderly Statute defines as old those who are 60 (sixty) years old onwards; nevertheless, the crossdressers' statements reveal this boundary is not based on a chronological age, but before it. The paper showed that crossdressers subvert their gender and body, as well as their aging demarcation. Investigating how the younger ones perceive and accomplish body modifications was one of the main issues of this research. The interview collection was made using the oral history method. The statements were related to the gender studies of Judith Butler (2003) and Marcos R. Benedetti (l997), likewise Miriam Goldenberg's generational studies (2011) and Le Breton's body studies (2012). All things considered, it was possible to understand how crossdressers age and how they project their lives to the spaces they are inserted in.