Abstract Ethnography is a methodology that requires both intellectual and physical efforts and is carried out through the body. The body is also the site where affect is experienced, which in Massumi’s view is “an ability to affect and a susceptibility to be affected” of a body in constant transition. This article explores my ethnographic fieldwork on FtM crossdresser (dansō) escorts in Japan, taking into account the role played by the body, affects, and emotions, also analyzing their relationship with materiality and the surrounding environment. My body became the means of interaction with crossdressers and customers, and its masculinization affected and was affected by objects and the surrounding spaces. It was also the site where I experienced affective intensities descriptive of the experience of crossdressers and date clients. I first focus on the body and its physical and emotional reactions to investigate the practice of crossdressing, identifying the role played by objects in enhancing masculinity. I highlight crossdressers’ and customers’ management of spaces and human interactions as or towards displaced bodies. To conclude, I investigate the body as a way to interact with spaces and individuals from the standpoint of “affective correspondence”.

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FtM 变装者在当代日本护送：一种具身和感官的民族志

摘要 民族志是一种需要智力和体力的方法，并通过身体进行。身体也是感受情感的场所，在Massumi 看来，这是一个不断变化的身体的“影响的能力和被影响的敏感性”。本文探讨了我对日本 FtM 变装者 (dansō) 护送的人种学实地调查，考虑到身体、情感和情绪所扮演的角色，还分析了它们与物质性和周围环境的关系。我的身体成为与变装者和顾客互动的手段，它的男性化受到物体和周围空间的影响和影响。这也是我体验描述变装者和约会客户体验的情感强度的网站。我首先关注身体及其身体和情绪反应，以研究变装的做法，确定物体在增强男子气概方面所起的作用。我强调变装者和客户对空间和人际互动的管理，作为或对流离失所的身体。总而言之，我从“情感对应”的角度研究身体作为与空间和个人互动的一种方式。