The Erotic Biopower of Putinism: From Glamour to Pornography

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Francisco Martínez
Tallinn University

Abstract

In the present essay I explain how the exaltation of glamour in Russia and the persecution of queer sexual practices belong to the same normalizing strategy, which aims to freeze ideological discourse and empower conservative nodal points of Vladimir Putin’s political regime. By analyzing the genealogy of “glamour” and the emergence of the term in the post-Soviet context, I explore how the glorification of certain sexual practices to the exclusion of others limits the possibilities for symbolic alternatives within Russian society. The study of certain erotic phenomena intimately related with the process of subjectification illuminates how hegemony is articulated in post-Soviet Russia. In English.

 

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Putinism, Queer Practices, Glamour, Pornography, Russian Conservatism


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Martínez, F. (2012). The Erotic Biopower of Putinism: From Glamour to Pornography. Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research, 4(3), 105–122. Retrieved from https://soclabo.org/index.php/laboratorium/article/view/47
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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)
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Essays
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Francisco Martínez, Tallinn University

Francisco Martínez is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University. He majored in journalism (BA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), studied international economy and cooperation for development (MA, Higher Institute of Economics, Lisbon), and did graduate work in Russian studies (Moscow School of Diplomacy MGIMO and St. Petersburg State University). Francisco has worked as a journalist in Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, and Lisbon, publishing over 500 articles and producing 140 video reports and 40 radio programs. He was also awarded scholarships by several European universities. He is a coeditor of Playground: The Whereabouts of Play (Tallinn University Press, in press).

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