HYBRID SOCIAL PERFORMANCES. THE CASE OF URBAN BULLFIGHTING IN CONTEMPORARY PERU

P. Aníbal F. Gauna; C. Milena A.Gonzales del Valle; H. Daniela Espinoza; Q. Natalia G. Chachi

doi:10.5565/REV/ATHENEA.3007

HYBRID SOCIAL PERFORMANCES. THE CASE OF URBAN BULLFIGHTING IN CONTEMPORARY PERU

P. Aníbal F. Gauna, C. Milena A.Gonzales del Valle, H. Daniela Espinoza, Q. Natalia G. Chachi

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Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

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The performative theory of social action has not sufficiently considered the possibility of hybridity, nor therefore the consequences of such consideration. Based on 14 semi-structured interviews with bullfighters, fans of bullfighting, and anti-bullfighting persons, in this article we analyze a case of a hybrid human / non-human social performance: bullfighting in today’s urban Peru. Said performance is read in a contrasting way by pro-bullfighting fans and anti-bullfighting individuals in conflicting interpretations about the very meaning of culture: aesthetics-traditiondiversity versus banality-foreign customs-death / suffering. We propose that both visions can coincide in the pragmatic structuring of their meanings: as hybrid performances. By interpreting bullfighting in this way, a vision of the bullfight emerges as a performance of the power of the human species over other species, artistically sublimated.

Translated title of the contribution	PERFORMANCES SOCIALES HÍBRIDOS. EL CASO DE LA TAUROMAQUIA URBANA EN EL PERÚ CONTEMPORÁNEO
Original language	English
Article number	e3007
Journal	Athenea Digital
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5565/REV/ATHENEA.3007
State	Published - 2023

Keywords

Animal rights
Cultural sociology
Hybridity
Peru
Social performances

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