2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Intersectionality of the Transgender and Transnational Lives of Transpinay Entertainers in Japan
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20K12468
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 80030:Gender studies-related
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
Okada Tricia 玉川大学, ELFセンター, 准教授 (50774064)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | transgender / trans women / transpinay / migration / transnationalism / Japan / Philippines / intersectionality |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Drawing on grounded theory, this study explores how the migration experiences of Filipino trans women or transpinay entertainers in Japan influence their gender and migration identities. It analyzes the narratives of transpinay using the conceptual framework of intersectional invisibility (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008) and transnationalism. This study aims to develop a sociological theory that explains the gender and migration identities of transpinay in Japan and to understand how their experiences influence their gender affirmation.
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| Free Research Field |
gender and migration
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The significance of my research achievements is in identifying how the transpinay entertainers’ migration process and gender practices address social issues on gender, labor, migration, race, and citizenship, which continually question the host country’s strategies for governing migrants.
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