From the doctor's practice to the bed. Discourse, visual culture, erotica and sexology in Argentina

Abstract: The constitution of sexology in Argentina as a subfield of knowledge resulted from the condensation of previous traditions among doctors. The transnational circulation of knowledge, classification manuals and foreign studies were decisive for the field's intervention practices and thought. This article analyzes the work of Rinaldi Pelleginni, "Sexuología", which occupies an important place in this scientific community. The text analyzes discursive nodes and its images from a visual studies perspective, as a mean of approaching how some actors were imagined by this field and what they considered "normal": the beautiful, the erotic, and the moral.

摘要：性学作为一门知识子领域在阿根廷的建构，源于该国医学界既往学术传统的凝练整合。知识成果、分类手册与域外研究的跨国传播，对该领域的干预实践与学术思考起到了决定性作用。本文以在该学术共同体中占据重要地位的里纳尔迪·佩莱金尼（Rinaldi Pelleginni）所著《性学》（Sexuología）一书为分析对象，从视觉研究视角出发，剖析该书的话语节点与视觉意象，以此探究该领域如何构想相关行动主体，以及其所界定的"常态"范畴：即美、情欲与道德。