Abstracts
Abstract
Intersexuality is underrepresented in film, yet in key sequences in XXY, perspectival patterns kindle attentiveness to intersex subjectivity by focalizing the experiences of a secondary, non-intersex identified character. What is gained by rendering intersexuality from the vantage point of one who has yet to experience it? This article argues that the film’s visual and aural grammar queers intersexuality itself, undoing dichotomic borders between “intersex” and “non-intersex” by making intersexuality a relational rather than purely anatomical quality. This intersubjective rendering of intersexuality facilitates alternative pathways for audience identification with intersexuality, a topic yet unexplored in the film’s robust body of criticism.
Keywords:
- intersexuality,
- intersubjectivity,
- XXY,
- disidentification,
- focalization
Resumen
La intersexualidad rara vez es representada en el cine, sin embargo, en secuencias clave de XXY, los patrones de perspectiva abordan la subjetividad intersex a través de la focalización de las experiencias de un personaje secundario que no se identifica como tal. ¿Qué está en juego cuando se retrata la intersexualidad desde el punto de vista de alguien que no encarna esa experiencia? La gramática visual y sonora del filme desestabiliza la intersexualidad misma, desdibujando las fronteras dicotómicas entre “intersex” y “no intersex”, haciendo de la intersexualidad una calidad relacional y no solamente anatómica. Esta representación intersubjetiva de la intersexualidad da paso a caminos alternativos para la identificación espectatorial con la intersexualidad, un tema aún inexplorado en la prolífica crítica sobre XXY.
Palabras clave:
- intersexualidad,
- intersubjetividad,
- XXY,
- desidentificación,
- focalización
Appendices
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