The Monster through the Notions of Exteriority and Virtuality: Digital Practices by César González

Authors

  • Emily Rangel Manrique The Ohio State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2020.23.7

Keywords:

marginality, virtuality, exteriority, social reality, digital practices

Abstract

This article analyzes the use of marginality in the digital audiovisual culture as a monstrous element that is necessary in the production and intensification of subjectivity and social reality. The reflection comes from the analysis of the movie uploaded to YouTube ¿Qué puede un cuerpo? (2014) by César González, as well as from the examination of the writing and publications in his blog Camilo Blajaquis. An articulation is established between the notions of exteriority, virtuality, and «aesthetics of politics» (Rancière). I argue that González's digital practices enable other places and aesthetics from which to look at and think about the processes of marginalization in contemporary culture, as well as to problematize around the historically excluded subjectivities in their current struggle for new pathways of affective mobilization.

Author Biography

Emily Rangel Manrique, The Ohio State University

Emily Rangel Manrique is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at OSU. Her research interests include Visual Cultures, Latin American Cultural Studies, Digital Studies, and Cultural and Political Theories. Currently, she is working on the articulations among subjectivities, consumerism and violence in YouTube videos during a decade of use of the Internet (2007-2017) by young people in Venezuela. 

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Published

2020-07-31

How to Cite

Rangel Manrique, E. (2020). The Monster through the Notions of Exteriority and Virtuality: Digital Practices by César González. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (23), 146–161. https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2020.23.7

Issue

No. 23 (2020): Digital Humanities and Literary Studies: Critical Approaches

Section

Miscellaneous

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