The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel
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Resumo: | What I intend here is to discuss and analyze the Brazilian novel Meu corpo daria um romance, written by Herbert Daniel (whose extensive literary production has been solemnly and systematically ignored by studies in the field of Brazilian literature) and first published in 1984. The focus of the discussion is to understand how Daniel promotes the rhetorical articulation between body, desire and revolution as fundamental concepts for an emancipatory view of sexuality (especially male homosexuality) in the context of struggle and resistance to the Brazilian dictatorship throughout the end of the 20th century. There is an undeniable cultural, discursive (and even linguistic) dimension in the composition of the materiality of the body, and Herbert Daniel is not unaware of this fact. However, it must be stressed that to say that human reality can only be understood through the mediation of language does not imply denying, suspending or not recognizing the materiality and concreteness of the body as a lived reality, as carnality. Following the arguments of Elizabeth Grosz in Volatile bodies (1994), we can think that, for Herbert Daniel, the understanding of the body occurs as something concomitantly immanent and transcendent. The representations of the body through literary discourse (as well as in other artistic modalities) can be seen as an index of the processes of historical transformation, in so far as they inscribe in a dialectic way the relations of subjectivity/objectivity and the processes of oppression, subordination and cultural subversion. Literature, in this sense, has been defined throughout Western history as a symbolic field haunted by the presence of the body, both in terms of reiteration (mimesis) and in terms of subversion (ruptures of performative bias). |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert DanielO corpo-guerrilheiro no corpo-nação: contaminação e abjeção em Herbert Daniel HomossexualidadeGuerrilhaNaçãoGêneroCorpoBody GenderNationGuerrillaHomosexualityWhat I intend here is to discuss and analyze the Brazilian novel Meu corpo daria um romance, written by Herbert Daniel (whose extensive literary production has been solemnly and systematically ignored by studies in the field of Brazilian literature) and first published in 1984. The focus of the discussion is to understand how Daniel promotes the rhetorical articulation between body, desire and revolution as fundamental concepts for an emancipatory view of sexuality (especially male homosexuality) in the context of struggle and resistance to the Brazilian dictatorship throughout the end of the 20th century. There is an undeniable cultural, discursive (and even linguistic) dimension in the composition of the materiality of the body, and Herbert Daniel is not unaware of this fact. However, it must be stressed that to say that human reality can only be understood through the mediation of language does not imply denying, suspending or not recognizing the materiality and concreteness of the body as a lived reality, as carnality. Following the arguments of Elizabeth Grosz in Volatile bodies (1994), we can think that, for Herbert Daniel, the understanding of the body occurs as something concomitantly immanent and transcendent. The representations of the body through literary discourse (as well as in other artistic modalities) can be seen as an index of the processes of historical transformation, in so far as they inscribe in a dialectic way the relations of subjectivity/objectivity and the processes of oppression, subordination and cultural subversion. Literature, in this sense, has been defined throughout Western history as a symbolic field haunted by the presence of the body, both in terms of reiteration (mimesis) and in terms of subversion (ruptures of performative bias).O que pretendo aqui é discutir e analisar o romance brasileiro Meu corpo daria um romance, escrito por Herbert Daniel (cuja extensa produção literária vem sendo solene e sistematicamente ignorada pelos estudos no campo da literatura brasileira) e publicado pela primeira vez em 1984. O foco da discussão é compreender como Daniel promove a articulação retórica entre corpo, desejo e revolução como conceitos fundamentais para uma visão emancipatória da sexualidade (em especial da homossexualidade masculina) no contexto de luta e resistência à ditadura brasileira ao longo do final do século XX. Há uma inegável dimensão cultural, discursiva (e até mesmo linguística) na composição da materialidade do corpo, e Herbert Daniel não está alheio a esse dado. Entretanto, cumpre ressaltar que dizer que a realidade humana só pode ser compreendida pela mediação da linguagem não implica negar, suspender ou não reconhecer a materialidade e a concretude do corpo como realidade vivida, como carnalidade. Seguindo aqui os argumentos de Elizabeth Grosz em Volatile bodies (1994), podemos pensar que, para Herbert Daniel, a compreensão do corpo se dá como algo concomitantemente imanente e transcendente. As representações do corpo através do discurso literário (bem como em outras modalidades artísticas) podem ser vistas como índice dos processos de transformação histórica, na medida em que inscrevem de maneira dialética as relações de subjetividade/objetividade e os processos de opressão, subordinação e subversão cultural. A literatura, particularmente, configurou-se ao longo da história ocidental como campo simbólico assombrado pela presença do corpo, tanto em termos de reiteração (mímesis) quanto em termos de subversão (rupturas de viés performativo).Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2022-07-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/letras/article/view/4195910.5902/2176148541959Letras; n. 61: (Dez. 2020) - Representações da violência na cultura brasileira; 207-2302176-14851519-3985reponame:Letras (Santa Maria. Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSMporhttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/letras/article/view/41959/pdfCopyright (c) 2021 Letrashttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlós, Anselmo Peres2022-11-08T18:43:43Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41959Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/letrasPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/letras/oai||gil.negreiros@ufsm.br|| periodicoletras.ufsm@gmail.com2176-14851519-3985opendoar:2023-01-09T16:16:29.842999Letras (Santa Maria. Online) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)true |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel O corpo-guerrilheiro no corpo-nação: contaminação e abjeção em Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel Alós, Anselmo Peres Homossexualidade Guerrilha Nação Gênero Corpo Body Gender Nation Guerrilla Homosexuality |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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The guerrilla-body into the body of the nation:contamination and abjection in Herbert Daniel |
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Alós, Anselmo Peres |
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Alós, Anselmo Peres |
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Alós, Anselmo Peres |
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Homossexualidade Guerrilha Nação Gênero Corpo Body Gender Nation Guerrilla Homosexuality |
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Homossexualidade Guerrilha Nação Gênero Corpo Body Gender Nation Guerrilla Homosexuality |
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What I intend here is to discuss and analyze the Brazilian novel Meu corpo daria um romance, written by Herbert Daniel (whose extensive literary production has been solemnly and systematically ignored by studies in the field of Brazilian literature) and first published in 1984. The focus of the discussion is to understand how Daniel promotes the rhetorical articulation between body, desire and revolution as fundamental concepts for an emancipatory view of sexuality (especially male homosexuality) in the context of struggle and resistance to the Brazilian dictatorship throughout the end of the 20th century. There is an undeniable cultural, discursive (and even linguistic) dimension in the composition of the materiality of the body, and Herbert Daniel is not unaware of this fact. However, it must be stressed that to say that human reality can only be understood through the mediation of language does not imply denying, suspending or not recognizing the materiality and concreteness of the body as a lived reality, as carnality. Following the arguments of Elizabeth Grosz in Volatile bodies (1994), we can think that, for Herbert Daniel, the understanding of the body occurs as something concomitantly immanent and transcendent. The representations of the body through literary discourse (as well as in other artistic modalities) can be seen as an index of the processes of historical transformation, in so far as they inscribe in a dialectic way the relations of subjectivity/objectivity and the processes of oppression, subordination and cultural subversion. Literature, in this sense, has been defined throughout Western history as a symbolic field haunted by the presence of the body, both in terms of reiteration (mimesis) and in terms of subversion (ruptures of performative bias). |
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