Queer obscenity : erotic archives in dictatorial Spain / Javier Fernández-Galeano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernández-Galeano, Javier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Politics and government--20th century.

Spain.

Gay pornography--Political aspects--Spain--History--20th century.

Gay pornography.

Gay erotica--Political aspects--Spain--History--20th century.

Gay erotica.

Homosexuality--Political aspects--Spain--History--20th century.

Homosexuality.

Obscenity (Law)--Spain--History--20th century.

Obscenity (Law).

Censorship--Spain--History--20th century.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Under Spain's twentieth-century dictators, state agents not only censored, eradicated, and attempted to prevent the circulation of obscenity, but also contradictorily engaged in curation and even restoration initiatives that have bequeathed us an extensive queer pornographic archive. Javier Fernández Galeano takes us inside the archive to demonstrate how the incongruities of the Primo de Rivera (1923-1930) and Franco (1939-1975) regimes were manifested in the regulation of erotic material cultures. The dictators' authorities destroyed "straight" pornographies while often curating and preserving "queer" erotica. While reproductions of the masterpieces of Tintoretto, Michelangelo and Botticelli were incinerated to avoid their "deviant" effects, judicial authorities could repeatedly attend the screening of an amateur film showing a gay threesome without acknowledging the irony: their concern was not that obscene material was consumed, but rather by whom. Focusing on amateur pornographers and their confiscated and censored erotica, this book adds a rich complexity to both the history and theory of pornography, demonstrating that surveillance depends entirely on documenting intimacy and preserving transgression. This book sheds new light on the production, consumption, and circulation of pornography and erotica in Spain over the course of the twentieth century, drawing connections between intimate queer desires, preservation, and erasure"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : reflections in the mirror : the politics of obscenity in twentieth-century Spain

Curators of pornography : scandal and censorship in Primo de Rivera's Spain (1923-1930)

Dildos and lubricant : material culture versus nationalistic rhetoric

"Plastic objects of obscene configuration" : from ordinary to extraordinary legal framings (1950-1975)

Burning the normal, preserving the queer

Running mascara : trans visual archives in the 1970s

"Frosted glass" : the sexual politics of the democratic transition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fernández Galeano, Javier. Queer obscenity.

ISBN:

9781503638754

1503638758

9781503639508

1503639509

OCLC:

1404053787

Publisher Number:

90100437611