Por outras e outros Ocañas que merecemos

Abstract

O texto privilegia uma leitura pouco explorada da obra do artista espanhol José Pérez Ocaña. Ao invés de destacar o artista como um precursor do queer na Espanha, o artigo enfatiza a importância da cultura e da religiosidade da Andaluzia na obra de Ocaña, em especial os seus elementos ritualísticos, por meio dos quais ele questiona as normas de gênero e sexualidade e os próprios ritos religiosos.

Quién es quién en sensibilización sobre la diversidad sexual y la igualdad de género mediante intervenciones artísticas en contextos universitarios

“…Ocaña , fue un icono de resistencia de la dictadura franquista durante la transición española. Sus performances y acciones diversas, coetáneas al nacimiento del movimiento punk y de los primeros movimientos de protesta LGTB, anticiparon prácticas de desobediencia sexual y de género que comenzarían a agruparse bajo el nombre de "activismo queer" a principios de los años ochenta (Colling;Sabuco, 2019). Paul B.…”

Trans-Visibilities and Sexual Politics: Temporary Passages in Spanish Popular Cultures

“…There is currently a growing interest in analysing the cultural representations that have sexualized Spanish society from its transition to democracy in the second half of the 1970s to our days (Colling and Sabuco 2021;Harsin and Platero 2021;Valcuende and Cáceres 2021;Rampova 2020;Nash, 2020;Platero and Roson 2019;Chamouleau 2018 ;Ballesteros 2001). Among all the pioneering studies that cover transsexuality in Spain during that period from an anthropological perspective (Guasch 1987;Nieto 1987Nieto , 1998Cardín 1984), the work of Guasch and Grau is of particular interest.…”

“…His work as an artist, transvestite performer and homosexual activist was recognised early on in films such as Ventura Pons' Ocaña retrato intermitente ("Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait") in 1978. His figure has also been recovered in the new millennium (Aliaga 2011;Colling and Sabuco 2021). In Valencia, Anastasia Rampova (1956Rampova ( -2021 embodied an irreverent ideal of freedom where life was a constant cabaret.…”