Batallas discursivas en torno a la “homosexualidad” en Argentina (1957-1969)
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2018-03
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios de Teoría y Crítica Literaria.
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El artículo analiza una serie de discursos, tanto homofóbicos como homófilos, publicados en Argentina antes de la emergencia de los movimientos en defensa de las minorías sexuales, con el objetivo de destacar los modos heterogéneos en que conceptualizan y valoran la “homosexualidad”. Se trata de textos (pseudo)científicos, periodísticos y literarios aparecidos entre 1957 y 1969, en su mayoría poco conocidos y apenas mencionados en las historiografía sobre “homosexualidad” en el país, pero que permiten ponerde relieve un campo discursivo atravesado de contradicciones. Así, los textos homofóbicos difieren en el modo en que conciben y condenan la “desviación sexual”, mientras que los homófilos también presentan gradaciones en su defensa. Unos y otros merecen ser reconsiderados como parte de una disputa conceptual cuyos ecos llegan hasta la actualidad.
The article analyzes a series of discourses, homophobic and homophile, published in Argentina before the emergency of the movements in defense of sexual minorities, with the aim to emphasize the heterogeneous manners in which they conceptualize and value “homosexuality”. It deals with (pseudo)scientific, journalistic and literary texts published between 1957 and 1969, most of them not well-known and scarcely mentioned in the historiography on “homosexuality” in the country, though they allow to highlight a discursive field affected by a number of contradictions. Thus, the homophobic texts differ in the way in which they conceive and condemn the “sexual deviation”. Similarly, the homophile texts also present gradations in its defense. Both deserve to be reconsidered as part of a conceptual dispute which echoes survive to the present day.
The article analyzes a series of discourses, homophobic and homophile, published in Argentina before the emergency of the movements in defense of sexual minorities, with the aim to emphasize the heterogeneous manners in which they conceptualize and value “homosexuality”. It deals with (pseudo)scientific, journalistic and literary texts published between 1957 and 1969, most of them not well-known and scarcely mentioned in the historiography on “homosexuality” in the country, though they allow to highlight a discursive field affected by a number of contradictions. Thus, the homophobic texts differ in the way in which they conceive and condemn the “sexual deviation”. Similarly, the homophile texts also present gradations in its defense. Both deserve to be reconsidered as part of a conceptual dispute which echoes survive to the present day.
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Discurso, Homosexualidad, Argentina, Homofobia, Discourse, Homosexuality, Homophobia