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ERIC Number: EJ1268249
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 18
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ISSN: EISSN-0120-5927
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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.
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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