The Aesthetic and Political Practices of Trans Women in Peru

1. Introduction2. Trans-Aesthetics and the Struggle for Recognition Politics Seen from a Decolonial Perspective3. Thinking With And From Skins: Reflections On Methodology And Method In Ethnographic Research From The Encounter And Collaboration With Trans Women In Lima, Peru4. Tracing the History of the Trans Movement in Lima, Peru5. First and Second Skin: The Body as a Political-Aesthetic Territory6. Third and Fourth Skin: Sexuality, Identity, and Power Relations7. The Fifth Skin: Capitalism, Modernity/Coloniality and Patriarchy8. Conclusions