Papers by Fabio Fernandes
dObra[s] – revista da Associação Brasileira de Estudos de Pesquisas em Moda, 2013
Este artigo tem como objetivo tratar a roupa não só como cobertura para o corpo, segunda pele ou ... more Este artigo tem como objetivo tratar a roupa não só como cobertura para o corpo, segunda pele ou fashion statement, mas como objeto de empoderamento de seu usuário/usuária, artefato de poder, algo que confere de algum modo habilidades especiais a quem a usa. De Machado de Assis aos Irmãos Wachowski, propõe-se, num voo de pássaro freudiano, que a roupa (em particular a feminina, mas não só) seja vista como uma porta (ou mesmo uma membrana mucosa) para o poder, tanto social quanto sexual.
How can one define what is a normal body in the XXI Century? When amputee runners using high-perf... more How can one define what is a normal body in the XXI Century? When amputee runners using high-performance prosthetics like Oscar Pistorius demand an upgrade from the status of para-athletes to be accepted as "normal" athletes in the Olympic Games, while being considered, paradoxically, as more-than-human entities by a commonsensical approach because of a supposed edge over bodies without said prosthetics, every rule governing our bodies necessarily change. Following the thoughts on norms and normality studied by Georges Canguilhem in The Normal and The Pathological and also the need to treat the different "grades" of humanity by different sets of rules, according concepts presented by Michel Foucault in The Birth of The Clinic, this paper aims to present, through the example of fictional character Jared Dirac, created by science fiction writer John Scalzi in his trilogy Old Man´s War, the reading of a science fiction narrative as a kind of "user´s guide", in order to propose solutions to impasses which are now beginning to be created by the advent of post-humanity.
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Journalistic Reviews and Criticism by Fabio Fernandes