Status
Available
Call number
Publication
B & D Press: Montreal, 2014.
Description
Pajub� - The Language of Brazilian Travestis is a zine that mixes art and linguistics! Learn about the secret language of Brazilian travestis, one that demands not only a knowledge of the African language Yoruba mixed with Portuguese, but also a command of a complex set of performative gestures to go with it.- from B & D Press
Local notes
Travestis are a third gender in Brazil (though some identify as women). Pajubá is their "anti-language," a coded way of speaking that prevents outsiders from understanding them. The language is a mix of Yoruba and other African languages on a Portuguese structure. This zine is a beautifully-illustrated guide not to speaking the language, but to understanding what it is, why it's needed, who speaks what variations of it, and of one way that queerness can be linguistically constructed. (from Microcosm)
LCC
SDC Zine Location: Trans Identities