AIDS in Latin-American Literature: Discursive Practices and Imaginaries of Identity

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Andrea Kottow

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The present article proposes a revision of AIDS imaginary –understanding the disease as a discursive practice– in three Latin-American works of literature: Salón de belleza, by Mario Bellatín, Loco afán, by Pedro Lemebel, and Fernando Vallejo’s El desbarrancadero, looking into the implications of working discursively with the topic of a disease of high social sensibility. Bringing the imaginary of aids to the public sphere leads to a refl ection about boundaries, norms and power, linking these issues with sexuality and desire. Diverse and complex lines of discourses converge in the place created by literary works, turning AIDS into a mobile platform that allows for a transfer between theoretical, autobiographical and aesthetic thinking, stating the disease as a foundation of an aesthetic and subversive identity project.

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Andrea Kottow

 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. akottow@yahoo.com