Cryptoqueer: The Perverse Body and the Reproduction of the Species

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.037.e202531173

Keywords:

Monstruosidad, Cohabitación, Reproducción, Orientalismo, Biopolítica

Abstract

This essay explores the sexual and racial metaphors present in A. E. van Vogt's 'Black Destroyer”, discussing the relationship between this brief yet influential tale and the construction of the perverse body in Krafft-Ebing's Psychopatia sexualis. Throughout the process,  the close links between the colonial imaginary of racial otherness, particularly Orientalism as conceptualized by Edward Said, and the psychiatrization of perversions in the 19th century will be highlighted. Finally, it presents some variations of the figure of the forced cohabitation with the perverse body in 20th-century space science fiction.

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Author Biography

Pablo Pérez Navarro, Universidad de La Laguna | Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), Universidade de Coimbra

Investigador do Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra.

Published

2025-07-08

How to Cite

Pérez Navarro, P. (2025). Cryptoqueer: The Perverse Body and the Reproduction of the Species. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 37. https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.037.e202531173

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Continuous Flow