María Lugones' Decolonial Feminism: Coloniality, Gender and Intersectionality

Authors

  • Guilherme Carvalho Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.v42i.17757

Keywords:

Intersectionality., Coloniality of Gender, Power, Oppression, Resistance

Abstract

The study approaches María Lugones’s conceptions about coloniality of gender and intersectionality, emphasizing your feminist decolonial perspective. In the analysis of the colonial/modern gender system from the perspective of coloniality, María Lugones develops the conception of “coloniality of gender”. In her critical theory of colonial/modern gender system, she emphasizes the intersection of race, class, gender and sexuality, considering the “coloniality of gender” as a structural characteristic of colonized societies. So, in the intersectionality theory, multiple forms of oppression constitute complex relations of power. This theoretical perspective establishes a relationship between the conceptual categories of gender, race, class and sexuality. The Black Feminist knowledge is a reference of the conception of intersectionality. In María Lugones’s decolonial philosophy, the understanding of coloniality, the notion of gender, and the power relations are the foundation of the idea of intersectional multiple oppressions. The intersectional theory shows the resistances to power relations, associated to experiences and practices of coalition.

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2023-01-11

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Carvalho, G. (2023). María Lugones’ Decolonial Feminism: Coloniality, Gender and Intersectionality . TOMO Review, 42, e17757. https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.v42i.17757

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Vol. 42 (2023): Continuous Publication

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Special Issue: Decolonial Critical Theories: an ecology of knowledge

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