Cuerpos infectos : Copi, Perlongher y Evita
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El cuerpo infecto que se construye a partir de los años 80 en el imaginario
de la literatura argentina coincide con la emergencia del sida en el escenario social y
las metáforas médicas en torno a lo contagioso. La propuesta en este artículo, desde
un análisis biopolítico, parte de la lectura de Eva Perón de Copi (1970) y Evita Vive de
Néstor Perlongher (1989) en torno a la enfermedad y la sexodisidencia. Consideramos
que por un lado, al escribir desde el cuerpo portador del virus del sida -que en los ’80
estaba cargado de sentidos de muerte, contagio y promiscuidad- los autores
deconstruyen el discurso del sexo y la enfermedad desde el cuerpo de Eva Perón; en
consecuencia, por otro lado, el gesto que se identifica en la destrucción del mito de la
mujer-madre-santa Eva Perón la transforma y ficcionaliza en un personaje histérico,
drogadicto, asociado con la prostitución o enfermedad, instalando de este modo,
narrativas corporales desde una gestualidad y sensibilidad camp.
The infected body that is constructed, from the 80s, in the imaginary of Argentine literature coincides with the irruption of AIDS in the social scene and the medical metaphors around the contagion. This article, based on a biopolitical analysis, aims to study Eva Perón by Copi (1970) and Evita Vive by Néstor Perlongher (1989) focusing on the topics of disease and sexual dissidence. On the one hand, I consider that, in the act of writing from their AIDS-infected body -which in the 80s was synonymous with death, contagion and promiscuity- both authors deconstruct the common discourse of sex and disease using Eva Perón as a vehicle; consequently, on the other hand, the destruction of the myth of the woman-mother-saint Eva Perón transforms her into a hysterical character and a drug addict (associated with prostitution and disease), thus installing a new ‘body narrative’ for the Nation, based on gesture and imbued with a camp sensibility.
The infected body that is constructed, from the 80s, in the imaginary of Argentine literature coincides with the irruption of AIDS in the social scene and the medical metaphors around the contagion. This article, based on a biopolitical analysis, aims to study Eva Perón by Copi (1970) and Evita Vive by Néstor Perlongher (1989) focusing on the topics of disease and sexual dissidence. On the one hand, I consider that, in the act of writing from their AIDS-infected body -which in the 80s was synonymous with death, contagion and promiscuity- both authors deconstruct the common discourse of sex and disease using Eva Perón as a vehicle; consequently, on the other hand, the destruction of the myth of the woman-mother-saint Eva Perón transforms her into a hysterical character and a drug addict (associated with prostitution and disease), thus installing a new ‘body narrative’ for the Nation, based on gesture and imbued with a camp sensibility.
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Caminada Rossetti, Lucía, 2020. Cuerpos infectos: Copi, Perlongher y Evita. Altre Modernità: Rivista di studi letterari e culturali. Milán: Università degli Studi di Milano, no. 24, p. 240-256. ISSN-e 2035-7680.
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