Cuerpos que hablan: construcción de narrativas del cuerpo enfermo, a partir de estéticas de la disidencia

Abstract

This article addresses the reflections on the possibility of constructing narratives of the sick body, based on a dialogue with people who live with chronic diseases. The objective of the article is to discuss the construction of new narratives that break with the normalized narrative of the relationship between aesthetics and the healthy body. The methodological approach of this research is qualitative and has been drawn from ethnographic analyses for the description of a concrete reality. The research techniques that were applied are indepth interviews, focus groups, and photography as a narrative construction technique. In addition to the analysis of the stories of the participants in the research, this article presents the construction of a photographic sequence that works as the construction of a narrative of the sick body and the exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of dissident corporeality. Finally, this paper intervenes on the relationship that exists between the normalized imaginaries of healthy and aesthetically beautiful bodies, with the categories of ethnicity and class present in advertising discourses.