Open AccessOn being a transgender man in the Czech pagan community
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Maiello,
Kamila Velkoborská
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
religion and society in central and eastern europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1553-9962
DOI - 10.20413/rascee.2021.14.15-25
Subject(s) - czech , narrative , emic and etic , insider , transgender , interview , perspective (graphical) , shamanism , sociology , psychology , gender studies , epistemology , social psychology , history , literature , linguistics , anthropology , art , philosophy , visual arts , archaeology
This paper presents a specific situation concerning the Czech Pagan community, mainly through the narrative of the actors. Using the emic approach, the aim of the paper is to show an insider’s perspective of the ways in which Czech Pagans relate to the problematics of transgender, and its connection with the vaguely understood concept of shamanism. Due to the problematic nature of the informants’ experience, the paper uses the narrative and episodic interview approach. Free narration enabled the interviewee to use their own spontaneous language to tell the stories of their life with minimal influence from the interviewer.