The body saturated with sexuality. Women in nineteenth-century Mexico's medical and novelistic discursive practice
We want to analyze the discourse of the lettered class in 19th-century Mexico in order to locate the statements about sexuality and morality that are disseminated in them. In this medical-literary corpus we notice the constitution of a feminine way of being, that is, we imagine how they could have i...
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I10-R377-article-456182025-11-20T05:28:22Z The body saturated with sexuality. Women in nineteenth-century Mexico's medical and novelistic discursive practice Cuerpo saturado de sexualidad. La mujer en la práctica discursiva médica y novelística del México decimonónico Tiverovsky Scheines, Sol Gómez Izquierdo, Jorge Female sexuality morality of decency technologies of domination racism sexualidad femenina moral de la decencia tecnologías de la dominación racismo We want to analyze the discourse of the lettered class in 19th-century Mexico in order to locate the statements about sexuality and morality that are disseminated in them. In this medical-literary corpus we notice the constitution of a feminine way of being, that is, we imagine how they could have influenced the formation of a subjectivity that assumes certain norms of behavior which, by being normalized, they reproduce said subjectivity. In the historical period that saw the emergence of biopower, new techniques of control and surveillance were invented in Western European societies, including sexual politics about individuals which were transmitted via medical and literary discourses. Mexican elites imported these technologies to apply them to the native population. We demonstrate that in Mexico the discursivity on the need to discipline and domesticate women is clearly laid out in order to consolidate the emergence of a female subject who, cut off from the enjoyment of sexual pleasure, could exercisefully a vital role as a responsible mother and reliable wife. The methodological approach is linked to Michel Foucault´s method of analyzing discourses from an archaeological (analysis of statements) and genealogical (description of power relations) perspectives. Nos proponemos analizar el discurso de los médicos y de los literatos de México en el siglo XIX, con el fin de ubicar los enunciados que, en torno a la sexualidad y la moralidad, en ellos se difunden. Se puede observar en esta discursividad médico-literaria la constitución de un modo de ser femenino, es decir, imaginamos cómo podrían haber influido en la conformación de una subjetividad que asume determinados preceptos de comportamiento que, al ser normalizados, los reproduce. En la época del biopoder, se inventan en las sociedades occidentales europeas nuevas técnicas de control y vigilancia, entre las que sobresale la política sexual sobre los individuos y que se transmiten vía discursos médicos y literarios. Las élites mexicanas importaron estas tecnologías para aplicarlas a la población nativa. Se demuestra que en México se refleja fielmente la discursividad sobre la necesidad de disciplinar y domesticar a la mujer en aras de consolidar la aparición de un sujeto femenino que, cercenado el goce del placer sexual, ejerza una función vital como madre responsable y esposa confiable. El enfoque metodológico nos remite al método foucaultiano de análisis de los discursos desde una óptica arqueológica (análisis de los enunciados) y genealógica (descripción de las relaciones de poder). Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2024-07-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/45618 10.53971/2718.658x.v15.n25.45618 Recial; Vol. 15 Núm. 25 (2024): Dossier: Formas y problemas de la modernidad cultural en América Latina; 8-23 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v15.n25 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/45618/45656 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/45618/45724 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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Female sexuality morality of decency technologies of domination racism sexualidad femenina moral de la decencia tecnologías de la dominación racismo Tiverovsky Scheines, Sol Gómez Izquierdo, Jorge The body saturated with sexuality. Women in nineteenth-century Mexico's medical and novelistic discursive practice |
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Female sexuality morality of decency technologies of domination racism sexualidad femenina moral de la decencia tecnologías de la dominación racismo |
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Tiverovsky Scheines, Sol Gómez Izquierdo, Jorge |
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We want to analyze the discourse of the lettered class in 19th-century Mexico in order to locate the statements about sexuality and morality that are disseminated in them. In this medical-literary corpus we notice the constitution of a feminine way of being, that is, we imagine how they could have influenced the formation of a subjectivity that assumes certain norms of behavior which, by being normalized, they reproduce said subjectivity. In the historical period that saw the emergence of biopower, new techniques of control and surveillance were invented in Western European societies, including sexual politics about individuals which were transmitted via medical and literary discourses. Mexican elites imported these technologies to apply them to the native population. We demonstrate that in Mexico the discursivity on the need to discipline and domesticate women is clearly laid out in order to consolidate the emergence of a female subject who, cut off from the enjoyment of sexual pleasure, could exercisefully a vital role as a responsible mother and reliable wife.
The methodological approach is linked to Michel Foucault´s method of analyzing discourses from an archaeological (analysis of statements) and genealogical (description of power relations) perspectives. |
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