Queer Visualities: the Fictionalization of Identities in Photography and Cinema

This article discusses the production of non-normative gender identities in the field of visual culture. The methodology adopted is that of visual culture studies. Thus, the authors begin with pioneering self-portraits from the 1920s, placing photographic images by the artists Claude Cahun and Marce...

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Autores: Bracchi, Daniela Nery, Paiva, André Luiz dos Santos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Cadernos Pagu (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8681048
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/cadpagu/article/view/8681048
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Visual culture
Queer photography
Queer cinema
Parody
Masks
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Sumario:This article discusses the production of non-normative gender identities in the field of visual culture. The methodology adopted is that of visual culture studies. Thus, the authors begin with pioneering self-portraits from the 1920s, placing photographic images by the artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Duchamp in dialogue with the queer cinematographic pieces Pink Flamingos; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and The Danish Girl. These works of art resort to the fictionalization and ambivalence of identities, a strategy that produces questions and subversions in relation to social norms. Finally, the authors argue that queer photography and cinema are characterized as fields of resistance in visual culture, serving as works of art that destabilize knowledge and social practices.