เอเจนซี่ของครอสเดรสประเทศไทยผ่านทัศนะของฮันนาห์ อาเรนดท์

Abstract

The purpose of this research aims to analyze the agency of Crossdresser’s in Thailand through perspective of Hannah Arendt within the theoretical framework of private space and public space. This research is a qualitative research. Researched through a books, articles, and research on agency, private and public space from the perspective of Hannah Arendt and research on crossdressing and interviewed 20 Thai crossdressers. The interview form used in the research was an in-dept interview consisting of a general information, life history, crossdressing, personal identity, social identity and Then, Hannah Arendt's philosophical ideas were used to analyze and explain the phenomenon of crossdressing. The research found that the agency of the crossdressers in the study group was their ability to express themselves through a body dressed as a woman and this body becoming a new identity. which has life and the ability to live in both areas. Within the private space, the new self has the ability to act freely. Within the public space, the new identity is unable to function truly independently amid obstacles through social relations that block the ability to express itself through dressing. This causes crossdressers to express themselves in a conciliatory way towards the situation in various ways. So that dressing in public space is possible and fulfills one's own happiness without harming others. However, a new identity that dresses as a woman is a new life. That is the result of learning the difference in conditions between true masculinity in the original body and femininity from clothing, women's situation and the people who interact with her as a woman. The results are consistent with Arendt's views because Arendt suggested that self-identification and rebirth occur within a public space where individuals present themselves to each other and learn otherness from themselves. However, research has also found that cross dressers can still express themselves within their private spaces.