From Experience to Event: Cross-dressing in the Tabloid Press. The Case of Vea magazine (1971-1989)

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Published: Feb 2, 2022
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Keywords: transvestism, trans, scientific journalism, light press, Vea magazine

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Catherine Bermejo Camacho
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Abstract

This article explores the way in which the experiences of sexual dissidence (transvestism, transgenderism, and transsexualism) were captured, semantically, in the seventies and eighties in the tabloid press in Colombia. The analysis addresses in particular the case of the Vea magazine that circulated from 1971 to 2001. There, the focus is placed on two types of genders that spoke about non-normative sexual experiences: scientific and entertainment journalism.

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No. 58 (2021): Essays and Experiences in Trans Colombia
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Author Biography

Catherine Bermejo Camacho, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Doctor in Social and Human Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Masters in Comparative Literature from the University of Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne and Bachelors in Literary Studies from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Her field of study is literary myths and their intimate relationship with the institutionalization of discourses on gender and sexuality. Recently, her interests have revolved around how religious, legal, and scientific discourses construct conceptions about the body that are problematically linked to the myth of monstrosity.