"Are trans men the manliest of men?" Gender practices, trans masculinity andmardānegīin contemporary Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID3616144
AuthorsZara Saeidzadeh (0000-0002-1464-8874, Candidate in Gender Studies, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue3
Pages295-309
Publication date2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2019.1635439
OpenAlexW2960666663
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited30

In this article, I examine how trans men who undergo or plan to undergo medical transition construe their masculinity or mardānegī (I follow IJMES’s transliteration guide – Persian to English) in Persian language, through certain gender practices that manifest their manhood as manly, real and psychologically well. I argue that trans men in Iran practice masculinity in ways that is not only in strong entanglement with women but also is distanced from non-trans heterosexual men, trans women and gay men. Drawing on 14 semi-structured interviews with trans men in Iran as part of a bigger project on sex change in contemporary Iran, I explain that trans men’s masculinity in Iran is a localized, traditional-modern kind of trans masculinity that distinguishes itself from other gender groups due to trans men’s specificity of gender location

Linguistics · Masculinity · Persian · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology

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