Eroticism and violence in democratic trasitions: destape as visual camouflage in Spain and Argentina
Abstract
This article examines destape in Spain and Argentina as a polyphonic visual camouflage mechanism, where eroticism and violence intertwined during democratic transitions. What we seek to demonstrate is that, while in Spain it enabled a symbolic reckoning with Francoist impunity, in Argentina it fragmented political violence through media spectacularization. Far from being merely a liberation phenomenon, destape both revealed and concealed ambivalent discourses on memory and repression, oscillating between denunciation and trivialization. In both cases, it functioned as a device for mediating violence, aestheticizing and reinterpreting it, shaping how each society confronted its State crimes and traumatic past.
Downloads
Article download
Crossmark
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Historia y Comunicación Social is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
