Kritika dihotomnog sistema pola/roda i reprezentacija interseksualnosti u filmovima XXY i El ultimo verano de la boyita
Critique of Sex/Gender Dichotomy and Representation of Intersexuality in Films XXY and El último verano de la boyita

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the issue of representation of intersex non-normative bodies and identities in the area of film. That also encompasses the process of re-evaluation of binary categories of sex/gender and their limits through fictional film narratives about intersexuality, starting from the understanding of the representation as a meaning production strategy and analyses of discourse factors which regulate the dominant interpretation of sex, gender and Subject, and, finally, their deconstruction from the perspective of gender theories. The aim of this paper is to evaluate how is possible to conceptualize different approaches to representation of intersexuality and establish a critique of gender/sex dichotomy and violence it produces through re-thinking of established categories of gender and sex, from the perspective of various gender and film theories, as well as what various representation strategies of non-normative bodies implicate. In that context, I shall present my analysis and interpretation of films XXY (2007) and El último verano de la boyita (2009), while considering various discourse formations which, in given contexts, shape dominant understanding of sex/gender and intersexuality as well as narratives of two films. These films present some of the first, rare and important accomplishments which undertake different approaches to issues of representation of intersexuality, through which fictional narratives, potentials of intervention within dominant discourse of non-normative bodies are re-thought, i.e., the potentials of redefining and decentring of the established norms of sex/gender.

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