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Queering Moby Dick
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As same sex marriage emerged at centre of the social and political debate in Por- tugal, the film Hero, Captain, and Stranger (2009), by João Pedro Vale (JPV) and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira (NAF), inter- sected art, identity politics and porno- graphy in a manner hitherto unseen in Portugal. A homoerotic adaptation of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the film confronts a series of aesthetical and political taboos (and prejudices) which have never been analy- sed in depth despite their topicality. Initia- lly conceived to survey the references to Portuguese seaman from Massachusetts in Herman Melville’s novel, the project by JPV and NAF is an irreverent provocation to a ‘semi-peripheral’ milieu, which still denied juridical recognition of homosexual marriage thirty-five years after the demise of the dictatorial regime (1926-1974). Basing itself on overcoming the incompatibility between art and pornography, as well as exploring the dis- tinctive connection between the idea of democratic eros and a more egalitarian model of gay porno- graphy, this article highlights the transformative capacity of ‘pornographic art’ to challenge established categories. It unveils a nuanced landscape that encourages a reevaluation of societal norms and moral dichotomies, ultimately facilitating a more inclusive and expansive comprehension of human desire.
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UIDB/00417/2020
UIDP/00417/2020
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João Pedro Vale y Nuno Alexandre Ferreira Arte Pornografía Homossexualidad Matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo novela Moby-Dick de Herman Melville