Abstract
The objective of this article is to reflect on the body modifications that trans women perform in the presentation of self in Mexico City. The analysis focuses on adult trans women and approaches what they modify in the body for social recognition. Ten trans women were interviewed from 2014 to 2018 and ethnographic observation was done in different events about trans people in the city. The hypothesis is that trans women in their search for the sense of one’s place make decisions, some simple or radical, in their bodies that have an impact both on daily interaction and on their social life in general. Therefore, it describes the situations in which these changes occur and the risk configuration for both body and identity.
Keywords:
sense of one’s place; performance; risk; body; identity