Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy

Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy

This article examines how the baroque is theorized in texts written by Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy during the global HIV crisis. I propose that by taking illness as a starting point, these writers develop the notion of the baroque as resistance –conceived as temporality and as a practice mor...

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Main Author: Cristel M. Jusino Diaz
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata 2015-09-01
Series:Estudios de Teoría Literaria
Subjects:
barroco
temporalidad
hiv
queer
néstor perlongher
severo sarduy
Online Access:http://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/etl/article/view/1168
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spelling doaj-5e4ec66806974bbfad4fd9e37a92bb8b2020-11-24T21:05:27ZspaUniversidad Nacional de Mar del PlataEstudios de Teoría Literaria2313-96762015-09-014853651147Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo SarduyCristel M. Jusino Diaz0New York UniversityThis article examines how the baroque is theorized in texts written by Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy during the global HIV crisis. I propose that by taking illness as a starting point, these writers develop the notion of the baroque as resistance –conceived as temporality and as a practice more than as an aesthetic–. Specifically, I focus on Néstor Perlongher´s proposal of a “transhistoric” baroque and on Sarduy’s notion of a “funeral” baroque.http://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/etl/article/view/1168barrocotemporalidadhivqueernéstor perlonghersevero sarduy
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Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
Estudios de Teoría Literaria
barroco
temporalidad
hiv
queer
néstor perlongher
severo sarduy
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title Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
title_short Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
title_full Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
title_fullStr Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
title_full_unstemmed Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy
title_sort preposterous baroque: body and temporality in néstor perlongher and severo sarduy
publisher Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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publishDate 2015-09-01
description This article examines how the baroque is theorized in texts written by Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy during the global HIV crisis. I propose that by taking illness as a starting point, these writers develop the notion of the baroque as resistance –conceived as temporality and as a practice more than as an aesthetic–. Specifically, I focus on Néstor Perlongher´s proposal of a “transhistoric” baroque and on Sarduy’s notion of a “funeral” baroque.
topic barroco
temporalidad
hiv
queer
néstor perlongher
severo sarduy
url http://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/etl/article/view/1168
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