Capitalización y normalización de las masculinidades queer en Colombia: La producción discursiva de John (Templanza) Better.

Abstract

In this article, I analyse the early work of John (Templanza) Better, particularly the book Locas de felicidad, cr (cid:1) onicas travestis y otros relatos ( LF ) and the audiovisual report “ El Jokel. Jannys Herrera. Assistant mechanic ” to trace the effects that recent Colombian neoliberal sex politics has had on Colombian queer masculinities. Through combining (Latin American) cultural studies with gender studies and queer theory, I answer the following research questions: How has the neoliberal logic capitalized and normalized queer bodies, relationships, and masculinities? And how has Better created a series of discursive strategies to combat or reproduce such capitalization and normalization? Therefore, this study contributes to understanding the relationship between neoliberalism and sex-gender-marginalized identities as well as to showing how language use and cultural artifacts contribute to maintaining or questioning the normalization of Colombian queer masculinities.