{"title":"Cuerpos que hablan: identidad de género e impacto social en la película XXY de Lucía Puenzo","authors":"Ana Moraña","doi":"10.23870/MARLAS.161","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"En este articulo me centrare en el analisis de la pelicula argentina XXY (2007), dirigida por Lucia Puenzo. Me interesa el debate sobre la naturaleza de la identidad de genero y sobre las posibles transformaciones que dicho concepto esta sufriendo hoy en dia, problema que la pelicula presenta en su crisis. Entiendo la identidad “intersex” como uno de los mayores desafios a las estructuras sociales binarias y heteronormativas y me interesa presentar el impacto social y familiar que tiene el cuerpo intersex, tal como lo vemos en la pelicula, cuando su condicion se vuelve publica. Es la hipotesis principal de este articulo que los cuerpos hablan y se imponen en la articulacion y formulacion de su deseo, obligando a la familia, a la sociedad y a las estructuras legales a responder ante semejante apelacion. Multiples leyes se han generado sobre el tema y diferentes perspectivas pueden encontrarse sobre la pelicula desde su lanzamiento, algunas de las cuales son comentadas aqui, desde las cirugias normalizadoras hasta la construccion del cuerpo siguiendo el deseo del sujeto, asi como el concepto de “lo natural”. No se descuida la reflexion en torno al uso del lenguaje cinematografico elegido por la directora para expresar su vision de un tema que provoca debate y que, aunque ha generado nueva legislacion que protege a los sujetos involucrados, sin embargo, tambien ha generado resistencia en multiples niveles de la sociedad (las rioplatenses, uruguaya y argentina, son las representadas en la pelicula). In this article I will focus on the analysis of the Argentine film XXY (2007), directed by Lucia Puenzo. I am interested in the debate on the nature of gender identity and on the possible transformations that this concept is undergoing today, a problem that the film presents in its crisis. I understand “intersex” identity as one of the biggest challenges to binary and heteronormative social structures and am interested in presenting the social and family impact that the intersex body has, as we see it in the film, when its condition becomes public. The main hypothesis of this article is that bodies speak and impose themselves in the articulation and formulation of their desire, forcing the family, society, and legal structures to respond to such an appeal. Multiple laws have been generated on the topic, and different perspectives can be found on the film since its launch, some of which are commented on, from normalizing surgeries to the construction of the body according to the subject’s desire, as well as the concept of what is “natural.”. Not neglected here is a reflection on the use of the cinematographic language chosen by the director to express her vision of a topic that provokes debate and that, although it has generated new legislation that protects the subjects involved, has also generated resistance in multiple levels of society (those from the Rio de la Plata region, Uruguayan and Argentine, are the ones represented in the film).","PeriodicalId":36126,"journal":{"name":"Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.23870/MARLAS.161","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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En este articulo me centrare en el analisis de la pelicula argentina XXY (2007), dirigida por Lucia Puenzo. Me interesa el debate sobre la naturaleza de la identidad de genero y sobre las posibles transformaciones que dicho concepto esta sufriendo hoy en dia, problema que la pelicula presenta en su crisis. Entiendo la identidad “intersex” como uno de los mayores desafios a las estructuras sociales binarias y heteronormativas y me interesa presentar el impacto social y familiar que tiene el cuerpo intersex, tal como lo vemos en la pelicula, cuando su condicion se vuelve publica. Es la hipotesis principal de este articulo que los cuerpos hablan y se imponen en la articulacion y formulacion de su deseo, obligando a la familia, a la sociedad y a las estructuras legales a responder ante semejante apelacion. Multiples leyes se han generado sobre el tema y diferentes perspectivas pueden encontrarse sobre la pelicula desde su lanzamiento, algunas de las cuales son comentadas aqui, desde las cirugias normalizadoras hasta la construccion del cuerpo siguiendo el deseo del sujeto, asi como el concepto de “lo natural”. No se descuida la reflexion en torno al uso del lenguaje cinematografico elegido por la directora para expresar su vision de un tema que provoca debate y que, aunque ha generado nueva legislacion que protege a los sujetos involucrados, sin embargo, tambien ha generado resistencia en multiples niveles de la sociedad (las rioplatenses, uruguaya y argentina, son las representadas en la pelicula). In this article I will focus on the analysis of the Argentine film XXY (2007), directed by Lucia Puenzo. I am interested in the debate on the nature of gender identity and on the possible transformations that this concept is undergoing today, a problem that the film presents in its crisis. I understand “intersex” identity as one of the biggest challenges to binary and heteronormative social structures and am interested in presenting the social and family impact that the intersex body has, as we see it in the film, when its condition becomes public. The main hypothesis of this article is that bodies speak and impose themselves in the articulation and formulation of their desire, forcing the family, society, and legal structures to respond to such an appeal. Multiple laws have been generated on the topic, and different perspectives can be found on the film since its launch, some of which are commented on, from normalizing surgeries to the construction of the body according to the subject’s desire, as well as the concept of what is “natural.”. Not neglected here is a reflection on the use of the cinematographic language chosen by the director to express her vision of a topic that provokes debate and that, although it has generated new legislation that protects the subjects involved, has also generated resistance in multiple levels of society (those from the Rio de la Plata region, Uruguayan and Argentine, are the ones represented in the film).