Bordered Lives: Transgender Portraits from Mexico
Kike Arnal
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Description for Bordered Lives: Transgender Portraits from Mexico
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AJC; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 780.
A richly evocative collection of photographs by internationally renowned photographer Kike Arnal, Bordered Lives seeks to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico. In the highly personal profiles that make up Bordered Lives, including the first transgender couple to be married in Mexico and one of the country's most high-profile transgender entertainers, Arnal looks at seven individuals in and around Mexico City. Moving in its honesty, this book challenges many notions of sexuality.
A richly evocative collection of photographs by internationally renowned photographer Kike Arnal, Bordered Lives seeks to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico. In the highly personal profiles that make up Bordered Lives, including the first transgender couple to be married in Mexico and one of the country's most high-profile transgender entertainers, Arnal looks at seven individuals in and around Mexico City. Moving in its honesty, this book challenges many notions of sexuality.
Product Details
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
779g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781620970249
SKU
V9781620970249
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Ref
99-15
About Kike Arnal
Originally from Venezuela and now based in the San Francisco Bay area, Kike Arnal has covered stories in the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. His photographs have been featured in the New York Times, Life, and Mother Jones, among other leading publications. Arnal’s photographs of Washington, D.C., have been collected in In the Shadow of Power, with an ... Read more
Reviews for Bordered Lives: Transgender Portraits from Mexico
"A record of the lives of courageous Mexicans who have taken nontraditional gender out of the category of the freakish and into the realm of the humanly possible. Breathtaking." Alma Guillermoprieto, author of Looking for History and The Heart That Bleeds "Photography can make a powerful contribution to the spread of tolerance simply by making people visible ... Read more