The intersex body and the politicization of the abject in XXY
Leandro Colling,
Matheus Araujo dos Santos
Affiliations
Leandro Colling
Professor adjunto da UFBA e coordenador do grupo de pesquisa em Cultura e Sexualidade da Universidade Federal da Bahia (CuS/UFBA)
Matheus Araujo dos Santos
Mestrando da Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO-Pós/UFRJ) e pesquisador do grupo de pesquisa em Cultura e Sexualidade da Universidade Federal da Bahia (CuS/UFBA)
What can the intersex body tell us? How does this issue get more complex if we think about its representation in the media, specially in cinema? In this article, starting from Lucia Puenzo's XXY, we pose these and other questions related to deviant bodies and desires. With a subversive and non-pathologizing discourse, XXY proposes a careful look at the subjectivities of these experiences. We argue that the film, in resonance with the queer studies, is alert to the politicization of the abject bodies.
