The Epistemology of the South, Coloniality of Gender, and Latin American Feminism

Autor(en)

Daniela Paredes Grijalva, Brenny Mendoza

Abstrakt

This article provides a Latin American feminist critique of early decolonial theories focusing on the work of Aníbal Quijano and Enrique Dussel. Although decolonial theorists refer to Chicana feminist scholarship in their work, the work of Latin American feminists is ignored. However, the author argues that Chicana feminist theory cannot stand in for Latin American feminist theory because “lo latinoamericano” gets lost in translation. Latin American feminists must do their own theoretical work. Central to the critique of the use of gender in decolonial theory is an analysis of the social pacts among white capitalists and white working-class men that not only exclude white women but make citizenship and democracy impossible for men and women of color in the metropolis as well as in the colony. By revealing the nexus between gender, race, and democracy, not only is the coloniality of gender apparent, but also the coloniality of democracy.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

California State University, Northridge

Journal

Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy

Band

37

Seiten

510-522

Anzahl der Seiten

13

ISSN

0887-5367

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1017/hyp.2022.26

Publikationsdatum

11-2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504014 Gender Studies

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Philosophy, Gender studies

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5 – Geschlechtergleichheit

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/0fe2326b-86d7-493b-bbfe-0015cf4823e1