Pocholo, anexo ninfal: Leitura warburguiana do primeiro queer do cinema nacional (1933)
This paper seeks to appropriate Warburg’s methodology to carry out an analysis of cinematic characters and, at the same time, queerize its use. The nymph is used as a performative figure, in her process of becoming a metaphor, in her repetitive acts lacking originality, and as a way to read Pocholo,...
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Universidad Nacional del Litoral
2026
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15242 |
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| Sumario: | This paper seeks to appropriate Warburg’s methodology to carry out an analysis of cinematic characters and, at the same time, queerize its use. The nymph is used as a performative figure, in her process of becoming a metaphor, in her repetitive acts lacking originality, and as a way to read Pocholo, a character played by Homero Cárpena in the film Los tres berretines (1933). The attention will focus on the malleability and mobility acquired by the body of the character in question, in contrast to the fixity and hardness of his peers, who play characters that do not stray from the heteronorm.Through the matrix that Aby Warburg (1866-1929) constructs, both Pocholo's gestures and the way he sounds will be investigated to account for the significant value that is given to them by the film. This disposition of the body in space as an identity reference is what is sought to link with the theoretical production of Aby Warburg. The journey through his iconographic studies and the connection established between the expressions that shape the image, the text and the story are of great interest. It is important to mention that the historian's research is contemporary with the birth of cinema and, at first glance, both seem to share the problem of how to represent movement. In the dynamics of Pocholo's body, the exacerbation of limb’s movement stands out, captures the public's attention and functions as a legible mark that serves to identify what eludes the heterocentric discourse. As a corollary, the concept of "nymph" will be related to queer theories, since, in its different aspects, it acquires dimension in relation to gender performance. |
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