Abstract:
Within the context of expansion and multiplication of feminist discourses in Argentina and in line with the transformations in supranational and transnational spaces, prostitution has become a controversial issue within the feminist movement. The aim of this paper is to explore and analyze how in the last decade the abolitionist activism of prostitution deployed rhetoric of disgust to produce a narrative about the experience of commercial sex. We explore and analyze public discourses (from books and fanzines to presentations at conferences) produced by abolitionist organizations in Argentina. Finally, we reflect about the role the rhetoric of disgust could play in the redefinition and stabilization of sexual hierarchies of the contemporary sexual regime.
Keywords:
Prostitution; Abolitionism; Rhetoric; Emotions; Sexuality Regime
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Fuente: Foto de Gisela Volá en https://www.anred.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/10bis-2.jpg#PraTodoMundoVer Imagen de una mujer morocha, de vestido rojo, a la izquierda del primer plano, con una niña también morocha, de blusa clara y pantalón oscuro, sentada a su lado en el suelo. La mujer está armando un collage con fotos de cadáveres de mujeres que formará parte de la muestra. En las fotos, las mujeres muertas aparecen con cicatrices y moretones, y con frases escritas encima en color rosado. Las imágenes están pegadas sobre un cubrecama también rosado