The Social Capital of Roxana Hernández: Social Capital of Migrant Transgender Women from Central America to the United States
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2026 |
| Descrizione: | This analysis examines the structural disadvantages and severe deficit of social capital faced by transgender migrant women from Central America, using the case of Roxana Hernández as a paradigmatic example. Drawing on Judith Butler’s theories of gender intelligibility and Achille Mbembe’s necropolitics, the argument posits that heteronormative institutions, including the state,religion, and the law, systematically produce transgender subjects as less than human. This dehumanization results in a critical lack of access to the social capital vital for successful migration, which resides in relationships of trust and mutual obligation. Roxana’s journey from Honduras to the United States and her subsequent death in U.S. custody illustrate how trans bodies are exposedto violence and death with impunity. The research employs a testimonial methodology, reconstructing Roxana’s experience from journalistic reports and legal archives to demonstrate how gender nonconformity directly restricts access to resources, safety, and justice, both in life and after death. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Istituzione: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/22406 |
| Accesso online: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/istmica/article/view/22406 |
| Keyword: | migration transgender social capital testimonial Central America migración transgénero capital social Centroamérica |