Camp Aesthetics as an Ethics of Transnormative Care: Challenging the Seriousness of Nursing From the Perspective of Latin American Travesti-Trans Theory.

Authors

Yeymi Acevedo Ninco, Marcos Venicios de Oliveira Lopes, Viviane Martins da Silva, Reinaldo Gutiérrez Barreiro, Dave Bergeron, Marli T Gimeniz Galvao

Published in

Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals. Volume 27. Issue 4. Pages e70128.

Abstract

This article argues that the 'politics of seriousness' in nursing operates as a cis-normative control mechanism that imposes sterile professional distances. To address the care of transvestite-trans people, it proposes-drawing on the epistemologies of the Global South and through Latin American Transvestite-Trans Theory (LATTT)-the adoption of an aesthetic of care based on Camp: a form of care that exalts the 'Trava', celebrates Affect and the Art of transvestite-trans self-determination, and replaces the hierarchical clinical protocol with 'Nostredad'. To this end, a critical analysis was conducted using a theoretical framework that integrates Walker and Avant's model with Wayar's Latin American Transvestite-Trans Theory. This contributed to the development of new theoretical concepts applicable to the practice of nursing care for transgender people. We conclude that transnormative care is truly ethical and must therefore be 'unserious': it must be exaggeratedly affective, complicit, and deeply relational to dismantle systemic violence.

PMID:
42836853
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