ERIC Number: EJ1268249
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Non-Normative Corporalities: Transgender/Blind Identity in an English as a Foreign Language Student Teacher
HOW, v27 n2 p13-30 Jul-Dec 2020
Little international research exists on EFL (English as a Foreign Language) student teachers regarding non-normative corporalities: transgender and blind identities. Similarly, few studies in Colombia have investigated transgender/blind EFL student teachers to understand the various dimensions of their identities. This research study explores the transgender/blind identities of an EFL student teacher in Colombia. The study interpreted identity as multiple and fluid in order to understand how transgender identity serves as a lens to shape the process of becoming a teacher. Findings suggest that transgender/blind identities are molded from experiences that either modify or re-construct the self. The study revealed that the notion of gender/disability is contested when the idea of transgender/ blind works as a personal mechanism to question the existing normativity of one's own body and self. Identity is then presented as a series of choices and performances situated in time that are validated in the transgender and blind status.
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Student Teachers, Identification (Psychology), Sexual Identity, Foreign Countries, Blindness, Social Theories, Social Bias, Femininity
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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