Abstract

GIMENO PRESA, María Concepción. Representation of Fallacies against Homosexuality. Opin. jurid. [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.25, pp.69-86. ISSN 1692-2530.

Cinema fulfills, in some occasions, an argumentative role: in one hand it reflects reality and states of beliefs of large social groups in a specific moment; on the other hand, it provides tools to the spectator in order to consolidate or criticize those beliefs. In this article, I have analyzed how cinema is able to carry out both tasks spreading and denouncing arguments supported in prejudices around homosexuality: I use as a point of departure, the analysis of the movie ''But... I'm a Cheerleader'' (Babbitt, 1999), In which it can be noticed how movie complies with this double role: It shows the vision that a large part of society has of homosexuality and how this vision is supported in arguments without any support (although they are psychologically persuasive): what in logics is denominated ''fallacies.''

Keywords : Argumentation; fallacies; homosexuality; prejudice; movie.

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