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<journal-id>0188-6649</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Tópicos (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tópicos (México)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-6649</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Filosofía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-66492018000100395</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21555/top.v0i54.834</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El debate sobre los orígenes de la homosexualidad masculina. Una revisión de la distinción entre esencialismo y construccionismo en historia de la sexualidad]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Debate on the Origins of Male Homosexuality. A Revision of the Distinction between Essencialism and Constructionism in the History of Sexuality]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>54</numero>
<fpage>395</fpage>
<lpage>427</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-66492018000100395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-66492018000100395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-66492018000100395&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este artículo analiza el debate entre John Boswell y David Halperin en torno a los orígenes históricos de la homosexualidad masculina. Si para el primero es posible afirmar que existieron personas gays en la Antigüedad y el Medioevo, para el segundo la homosexualidad, tal como la conocemos, es un invento moderno. El artículo argumenta que entender este debate como un choque entre esencialistas y construccionistas sociales -tal como fue leído por sus comentadores- es problemático y sugiere una lectura alternativa a partir de las ideas de figuralismo e irrealismo. Como consecuencia, propone que además del esencialismo sexual, los estudios de género y sexualidad deberían desconfiar del esencialismo histórico y comprometerse con un pluralismo historiográfico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper analyzes the debate between John Boswell and David Halperin about the historical origins of male homosexuality. While Boswell claims that gay people existed during Ancient and Medieval times, Halperin believes that homosexuality, as we now know it, is a modern invention. This paper warns against understanding this debate as a clash between essentialists and social constructionists -as it was traditionally understood- and presents an alternative interpretation based on the ideas of figuralism and irrealism. As a consequence, it suggests that gender and sexuality studies should be wary not only of sexual essentialism but also of historical essentialism, and that they should embrace historical pluralism.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[homosexualidad masculina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[filosofía de la historia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[history of sexuality]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[social construe-tion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[male homosexuality]]></kwd>
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