Identity and territory

Strategies and limits for the political subject construction in Putos Peronistas

Abstract

Putos Peronistas is a national political grouping that was born in km 35 of route 3, in González Catán, in the district of La Matanza. This territorial belonging is sustained in the discourse of its militants as the substantive aspect of their identity and which is embodied in the political strategy. In this way, Putos Peronistas constructs antagonists and equivalence groups. However, it is in the emphasis of the distinctive and not the common, where the limits of a strategy of emancipation are reached.

In this sense, this article aims to characterize elements and values ​​that make up the Matanzas identity of the militants of the group. From which, it is intended to analyze, from in-depth interviews, the rhetorical construction of the other / enemies of the people with respect to democratic demands that are outside the recognition of the LGTBIQ collective. Finally, problematize the tension between the local and the national in its political positioning.