Desafiando os padrões sexuais de normalidade do século XIX : o diário íntimo de José Vieira Couto de Magalhães (1880 - 1887)
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2014-04
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This article aims at analyzing the intimate diary of José Vieira Couto de Magalhães, a XIX century politician and
thinker. The diary under analysis was written between 1880 and 1887. The author’s intimate writing encompasses a
multitude of issues, including his disregard for women, his fears, anguish, business, his personal and intimate
relationships, concerns as to caring for the body, and, in particular – and of special interest for this article – a feverish
sexuality which is expressed in dreams, revealing a strong homoerotic desire. Living in a period in which homosexuals
were badly regarded by society, were considered “propagators of sin”, by the Church, and as carriers of “sexual
instinct” diseases in medical discourse, José Vieira described his erotic dreams with partners of the same sex in a
natural and spontaneous manner, without attributing any negative labelling to these dreams.
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Couto de Magalhães, Diário íntimo, Sexualidade, Couto de Magalhães, Intimate diary, Sexuality
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ARAUJO, Patricia Simone; MAGALHÃES, Sônia Maria de. Desafiando os padrões sexuais de normalidade do século XIX : o diário íntimo de José Vieira Couto de Magalhães (1880 - 1887). Revista Feminismos, Salvador, v. 2, n. 1, p. 151-164, 2014.