La representación de las falacias contra la homosexualidad

Cinema fulfills, in some occasions, an argumentative role: in one hand it reflectsreality and states of beliefs of large social groups in a specific moment; on the other hand, it provides tools to the spectator in order to consolidate or criticize those beliefs. In this article, I have analyzed how cinema is able to carry out both tasks spreading and denouncing arguments supported in prejudices around homosexuality: I use as a point of departure, the analysis of the movie “But…I´m a Cheerleader” (Babbitt, 1999).In which it can be noticed how movie complies with this double role: It shows the vision that a large part of society has of homosexuality and how this vision is supported in arguments without any support (although they are psychologicallypersuasive): what in logics is denominated “fallacies.”

• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad de Medellín
• Repositorio: Repositorio UDEM
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/1782
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/opinion/article/view/862; http://hdl.handle.net/11407/1782
• Palabra clave: Argumentation; fallacies; homosexuality; prejudice; movie; Argumentación; falacias; homosexualidad; prejuicio; cine
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/