Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784

Autores
De Santo, Mag
Año de publicación
2026
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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This article aims to deepen the understanding of historical-discursive formations within specific fields of power/knowledge that render certain trans* experiences intelligible. Operating as a backdrop is the overarching hypothesis that, by critically suspending categorical separations, it is possible to reinscribe trans* ways of life in relation to the concept of unintelligibility as a key to unlocking local memory. This study traces unintelligibility through a critical framework that employs key terms such as name, testimony, and clothing to contribute to a transvestite-trans* theoretical approach that critically engages with the coloniality of gender. Assuming that documentary evidence serves as a basis for the circulation of narratives intelligible to the judicial case's contemporaries and, to a lesser extent, to modern audiences, it is relevant to examine which practices were pursued or condemned by colonial authorities. Additionally, what conditions and effects may be implied by the emergence of a "hermaphrodite Indian thief" recorded in judicial file 34-1-12-29 of the Criminal Court, dated 1784, and preserved in the Ricardo Levenne Historical Archive of the Province of Buenos Aires, in the City of La Plata, Argentina?
Fil: De Santo, Mag. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
Fuente
Transgender Studies Quarterly, 13(1), 14-26. (2026)
ISSN 2328-9260
Materia
Ciencias sociales
Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian
Proper noun
Clothing
Coloniality
Unintelligibility
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acceso abierto
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
title Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
spellingShingle Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
De Santo, Mag
Ciencias sociales
Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian
Proper noun
Clothing
Coloniality
Unintelligibility
title_short Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
title_full Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
title_fullStr Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
title_full_unstemmed Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
title_sort Names, Confession, and Clothing: "Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian," Archived in the Criminal Court of the Government of Buenos Aires in 1784
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv De Santo, Mag
author De Santo, Mag
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author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Balderas, Tania Libertad
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Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian
Proper noun
Clothing
Coloniality
Unintelligibility
topic Ciencias sociales
Hermaphrodite Abipón Indian
Proper noun
Clothing
Coloniality
Unintelligibility
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article aims to deepen the understanding of historical-discursive formations within specific fields of power/knowledge that render certain trans* experiences intelligible. Operating as a backdrop is the overarching hypothesis that, by critically suspending categorical separations, it is possible to reinscribe trans* ways of life in relation to the concept of unintelligibility as a key to unlocking local memory. This study traces unintelligibility through a critical framework that employs key terms such as name, testimony, and clothing to contribute to a transvestite-trans* theoretical approach that critically engages with the coloniality of gender. Assuming that documentary evidence serves as a basis for the circulation of narratives intelligible to the judicial case's contemporaries and, to a lesser extent, to modern audiences, it is relevant to examine which practices were pursued or condemned by colonial authorities. Additionally, what conditions and effects may be implied by the emergence of a "hermaphrodite Indian thief" recorded in judicial file 34-1-12-29 of the Criminal Court, dated 1784, and preserved in the Ricardo Levenne Historical Archive of the Province of Buenos Aires, in the City of La Plata, Argentina?
Fil: De Santo, Mag. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
description This article aims to deepen the understanding of historical-discursive formations within specific fields of power/knowledge that render certain trans* experiences intelligible. Operating as a backdrop is the overarching hypothesis that, by critically suspending categorical separations, it is possible to reinscribe trans* ways of life in relation to the concept of unintelligibility as a key to unlocking local memory. This study traces unintelligibility through a critical framework that employs key terms such as name, testimony, and clothing to contribute to a transvestite-trans* theoretical approach that critically engages with the coloniality of gender. Assuming that documentary evidence serves as a basis for the circulation of narratives intelligible to the judicial case's contemporaries and, to a lesser extent, to modern audiences, it is relevant to examine which practices were pursued or condemned by colonial authorities. Additionally, what conditions and effects may be implied by the emergence of a "hermaphrodite Indian thief" recorded in judicial file 34-1-12-29 of the Criminal Court, dated 1784, and preserved in the Ricardo Levenne Historical Archive of the Province of Buenos Aires, in the City of La Plata, Argentina?
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