Publication: Manifestaciones homoeróticas masculinas a través de la Mitología griega
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2012
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Tema capital de la historia social de la Antigua Grecia, la tan traída y llevada homosexualidad griega se ha utilizado tanto para denunciar una supuesta depravación moral de los antiguos griegos, tan admirados en otros campos, como para ubicar en la sociedad griega el paradigma de la tolerancia social hacia la homosexualidad. Sin embargo, ni la homosexualidad es griega ni en Grecia existía la homosexualidad tal y como hoy se concibe este fenómeno; pues nuestros modernos términos homosexualidad-heterosexualidad son sobre todo identidades producidas en la segunda mutad del siglo XIX. Aplicar estos términos a épocas anteriores a ese siglo sería un anacronismo. Así pues, a través del utillaje metodológico y conceptual de los estudios queer y del feminismo post-estructural, hijos y herederos de las corrientes de pensamiento posmodernas, se ha procedido a analizar este fenómeno tan interesante como controvertido a través de la imagen que nos transmiten los mitos griegos que, por ser parte integrante del dispositivo de producción ideológica del poder, nos reflejan una imagen sesgada e interesada de este fenómeno.
Capital theme of the social history of ancient Greece, the much hyped greek homosexuality has been used both to denounce an alleged moral depravity of the ancient Greeks, so admired in other fields, such as to place in Greek society the paradigm of social tolerance towards homosexuality. However, homosexuality is neither greek, nor homosexuality existed in Greece as this phenomenon is conceived today, because our modern terms homosexuality-heterosexuality are mostly identities produced in the second part of nineteenth century. Applying these terms to the time before this century would be an anachronism. Thus, through the methodological and conceptual tools of queer studies and post-structural feminism, children and heirs of postmodern thought currents, we proceeded to analyze this phenomenon as interesting as controversial through the image transmitted by greek myths, that being an integral part of the device of ideological power, it reflects a biased and interested image about this phenomenon.
Capital theme of the social history of ancient Greece, the much hyped greek homosexuality has been used both to denounce an alleged moral depravity of the ancient Greeks, so admired in other fields, such as to place in Greek society the paradigm of social tolerance towards homosexuality. However, homosexuality is neither greek, nor homosexuality existed in Greece as this phenomenon is conceived today, because our modern terms homosexuality-heterosexuality are mostly identities produced in the second part of nineteenth century. Applying these terms to the time before this century would be an anachronism. Thus, through the methodological and conceptual tools of queer studies and post-structural feminism, children and heirs of postmodern thought currents, we proceeded to analyze this phenomenon as interesting as controversial through the image transmitted by greek myths, that being an integral part of the device of ideological power, it reflects a biased and interested image about this phenomenon.