Perched on a Parched Hill
Popular Women, Popular Feminism, and the Struggle for Water in Medellín
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3127232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolina Arango-Vargas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 69-86 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x211013007 |
| OpenAlex | W3163119813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
Organized popular women in Medellín, Colombia, have exerted lasting influence on the city's women's movement by centering a gender-class approach to women's issues and thus contributing to long-standing forms of popular feminism in Latin America. The work of the grassroots Red de Mujeres Populares and the nongovernmental organization Corporación Vamos Mujer in positioning the right to water as a key demand on the city's feminist agenda draws upon a legacy of socialist feminisms. These organizations' praxis demonstrates that the struggle for water is political and embodies a critique of care work within the capitalist structure articulated from a gender and class consciousness. Popular women reclaim their identity as political agents of their own making, underscoring their active role as women whose lives are defined by political acumen rather than scarcity. Las mujeres populares organizadas en Medellín, Colombia, han ejercido una influencia duradera en el movimiento de mujeres de la ciudad al centrar un enfoque de clase y género en el análisis de las problemáticas de las mujeres, contribuyendo así a la larga tradición del feminismo popular en Latinoamérica. El trabajo que la organización de base Red de Mujeres Populares y la organización no gubernamental Corporación Vamos Mujer desarrollan en torno a la lucha por establecer, el derecho al agua como una demanda clave en la agenda feminista de la ciudad, se basa en el legado de los feminismos socialistas. La praxis de estas organizaciones demuestra que la lucha por el agua es política a la vez que encarna una crítica al trabajo del cuidado dentro de la estructura capitalista, articulada a partir de la conciencia de clase y género. Las mujeres populares reclaman su identidad como agentes políticas de su propia creación, subrayando su papel activo como mujeres cuyas vidas se definen a partir de la perspicacia política en lugar de la escasez
Art · Feminism · Grassroots · Humanities · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
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Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Re-Thinking Intersectionality
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |