The Representation of Guayaquil's Sexual Past: Historicizing the Enchaquirados

• Autores: O. Hugo Benavides
• Localización: Journal of Latin American Anthropology, ISSN 1085-7052, Vol. 7, Nº. 1, 2002, págs. 68-103
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article assesses the role played by the enchaquirados in the historical reconstruction of Guayaquil's sexual past. In this regard, the alternative reading of this pre-Hispanic homosexual harem of boys questions the city's traditionally heterosexist history; however, rather than simply blaming official historiography and pretending to offer some new historical truth, the present contribution looks to interrogate the inherent problematics of historical hermeneutics. Through this critical evaluation of the enchaquirados legacy, I offer some needed insight into the nature of historical production in Ecuador and into the pervasive limitations of all historical production in post-colonial contexts, particularly Latin American ones. In this manner, the article looks to place the production of Guayaquil's past and its reigning masculinity discourse) in an ever changing discourse in which elements of colonial relationships, race, and regional geography play a vitally determining factor, and are constantly re-determined themselves in the process.