De los cuerpos torturados a los cuerpos virtuales (From tortured to virtual bodies)

12 Pages Posted: 1 Feb 2020

Date Written: October 14, 2010

Abstract

Spanish abstract: Más que hablar del “cuerpo” es preciso hablar de “los cuerpos”, del mismo modo, mejor que hablar del “discurso” del cuerpo es más adecuado hablar de “los discursos” que se hacen cargo de los cuerpos para significarlos, conocerlos y controlarlos. Cada cuerpo es histórico y está sujetado, mediado y usado en el contexto de una sociedad y una cultura determinada. Son muy diversas las instituciones, estrategias y dispositivos que lo apresan: la familia, la escuela, la religión, el estado, la medicina, la tecnología y el mercado. Igualmente, los humanos siempre han estado dispuestos a sufrir o infligir los peores suplicios y tormentos a los cuerpos, propios o ajenos, con tal de poder exhibir las marcas y signos del poder, el prestigio, el status, la distinción, la belleza, el erotismo o la maldición. Acá se hará un recorrido desde los cuerpos torturados hasta los virtuales, pasando por sus diversos momentos e “identidades”: corteses, dóciles, de moda, narcisos y mediáticos.

English abstract: Rather than speaking of the “body” it would be more accurate to speak of “bodies”. Similarly, rather than speaking of the “discourse” of the body it would be more appropriate to speak of the “discourses” that make of the bodies their subject to provide them with meanings, know them and control them. Each and every body is historical and is secured, mediated and used in the context of a given society and culture. There are many different institutions, strategies and devices that imprison them: family, school, religion, the State, medicine, technology and market. In the same way, humans have always been willing to suffer or inflict the worst punishments and torments to their own bodies, or to those of the others, provided they can exhibit marks and signs of power, prestige, status, distinction, beauty, eroticism or the curse. This paper will discuss on the history of bodies from the tortured to the virtual, through its various moments and “identities”: polite, docile, fashion, daffodils and mass media bodies.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Courtesan bodies, docile bodies, bodies of fashion, narcissistic bodies, mass media bodies, virtual bodies.

Suggested Citation

Domínguez Rendón, Raúl Alberto, De los cuerpos torturados a los cuerpos virtuales (From tortured to virtual bodies) (October 14, 2010). Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3528807

Raúl Alberto Domínguez Rendón (Contact Author)

Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano ( email )

Medellín
Colombia

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