Barroco prepóstumo: cuerpo y temporalidad en Néstor Perlongher y Severo Sarduy

This article examines how the baroque is theorized in texts written by Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy during the global HIV crisis. I propose that by taking illness as a starting point, these writers develop the notion of the baroque as resistance –conceived as temporality and as a practice more than as an aesthetic–. Specifically, I focus on Néstor Perlongher´s proposal of a “transhistoric” baroque and on Sarduy’s notion of a “funeral” baroque.Este artículo examina cómo se teoriza el barroco en textos escritos por Néstor Perlongher y Severo Sarduy durante los años de la crisis global del HIV. Propongo que a partir de la enfermedad, tanto ajena como propia, se desarrolla una noción de un barroco resistente, que se concibe más que como estética, como temporalidad y como práctica. Específicamente, elaboro sobre como Néstor Perlongher propone la idea de un barroco “transhistórico” mientras que Sarduy trabaja con la noción de un barroco “funerario”

Preposterous baroque: body and temporality in Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy

This article examines how the baroque is theorized in texts written by Néstor Perlongher and Severo Sarduy during the global HIV crisis. I propose that by taking illness as a starting point, these writers develop the notion of the baroque as resistance –conceived as temporality and as a practice more than as an aesthetic–. Specifically, I focus on Néstor Perlongher´s proposal of a “transhistoric” baroque and on Sarduy’s notion of a “funeral” baroque