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Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin AmericaQueer Temporalities, Fluid Encounters: Feeling Utopia in Marcelo Caetano’s Body Electric

Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America: Queer Temporalities, Fluid Encounters: Feeling... [In this chapter, I trace back the discussion about utopianism in queer studies to analyze Marcelo Caetano’s Body Electric, a film released in 2017, at the peak of conflicts that turned Brazilian politics upside down. At the time, the film received a mixed critical response. Some celebrated the exuberant depiction of communities marginalized in Brazilian society because of their identities (racial and/or sexual), which are now in an even more precarious situation due to the rise of a far-right government. Others criticized the film’s general mood, considered negligent for its naiveté and depoliticization of complex social issues. While these assessments drew attention to the film’s utopic portrayal of the working class, either approving or criticizing it, I suggest a third approach to the film based on a different understanding of utopia—proposed by queer theorist José Muñoz—and on its connections to sexuality and race. Addressing these themes is particularly relevant in the present moment, considering the ways in which the ideological rhetoric and political agenda of the current Brazilian presidential administration reinvigorate the racist and homophobic subtexts implicit in the country’s nationalistic imaginary.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin AmericaQueer Temporalities, Fluid Encounters: Feeling Utopia in Marcelo Caetano’s Body Electric

Part of the Gender, Development and Social Change Book Series
Editors: Macón, Cecilia; Solana, Mariela; Vacarezza, Nayla Luz
Kveller, Daniel
Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America — Feb 23, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-59368-1
Pages
179 –196
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-59369-8_9
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Abstract

[In this chapter, I trace back the discussion about utopianism in queer studies to analyze Marcelo Caetano’s Body Electric, a film released in 2017, at the peak of conflicts that turned Brazilian politics upside down. At the time, the film received a mixed critical response. Some celebrated the exuberant depiction of communities marginalized in Brazilian society because of their identities (racial and/or sexual), which are now in an even more precarious situation due to the rise of a far-right government. Others criticized the film’s general mood, considered negligent for its naiveté and depoliticization of complex social issues. While these assessments drew attention to the film’s utopic portrayal of the working class, either approving or criticizing it, I suggest a third approach to the film based on a different understanding of utopia—proposed by queer theorist José Muñoz—and on its connections to sexuality and race. Addressing these themes is particularly relevant in the present moment, considering the ways in which the ideological rhetoric and political agenda of the current Brazilian presidential administration reinvigorate the racist and homophobic subtexts implicit in the country’s nationalistic imaginary.]

Published: Feb 23, 2021

Keywords: Utopianism; Brazilian politics; Racial identities; Queer sexuality; Marcelo caetano

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