| The discourse of sodom in a seventeenth-century Venetian text. | |
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PMID: 9378941 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This essay examines L'Alcibiade fanciullo a scola, a seventeenth-century text written in Venice. L'Alcibiade is a sort of Platonic dialogue between a sodomite teacher and his young and attractive pupil. The teacher tries to convince his student to let him penetrate him. The discourse of the sodomite teacher is similar to Lacan's "discourse of the master." Maggi brings to the fore the intrinsic ambiguities of the sodomite discourse. On the one hand, since he posits himself outside society, the sodomite is able to manipulate and distort any sort of discourse. The sodomite teacher believes that women embody the religious/political power that oppresses sodomites. The master knows that any discourse exclusively aims to acquire a certain power. On the other hand, the sodomite discourse is nothing but another form of power/oppression. The master subjugates the other through his "sodomite rhetoric," based on lies and puns. |
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Authors:
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A Maggi |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of homosexuality Volume: 33 ISSN: 0091-8369 ISO Abbreviation: J Homosex Publication Date: 1997 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-11-07 Completed Date: 1997-11-07 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502386 Medline TA: J Homosex Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 25-43 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
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Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6305, USA. |
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Bible* Female History, 17th Century Homosexuality, Male / history*, psychology Humans Italy Literature, Modern / history* Male |
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