Resumen

GARRIGA ZUCAL, José. Géneros en acción: Prácticas y representaciones de la masculinidad y la femineidad entre policías bonaerenses. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.2, pp.483-492. ISSN 1850-373X.

In this paper the gender practices and representations of the police force of Buenos Aires province are analyzed. First, the construction of the police ideal, the true "police officer" model is elucidated and seen to be characterized by courage, bravery and the absence of fear. Gestures, idioms, and uses of the body refer to a particular type of police work linked to "the fight against crime". The connection between police and masculinity is traced through physical force as a distinctive and necessary characteristic of police practice. This representation, the virile ideal, establishes a "must be" that officers use in their daily discourse. Second, however, this representation is disarmed by showing how police officers who perform the role differently take this mold, use it, and modify it. In conclusion, the paper analyzes how the male ideal is performed and dramatized by different officers in distinct interactions.

Palabras clave : Gender; Police; Ethnography.

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