Postcolonial and decolonial subaltern feminisms

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ID4465664
AuthorsLuciana Ballestrin (0000-0001-6787-8406, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume25
Issue1
Pages108-127
Publication date2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePostcolonial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-8790 • E-ISSN: 1466-1888
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13688790.2022.2030906
OpenAlexW4224025148
LanguageEN
Citations received23

The encounter between postcolonialism and feminism, since the 1980s, has brought about important theoretical and political contributions to both fields, reverberating in the debate on gender to the present day. This article examines how the geopolitical division between North and South has influenced the global feminist debate, engendering a conflictual feminist discourse. This article intends to highlight the political dimension of conflict in those feminist representations brought forward by postcolonial and decolonial interventions, which denounce colonial dynamics inside the movement and question the scope of its representational capacity. I propose the term ‘subaltern feminisms’ to understand these internal dynamics, as put forward by Third World feminisms, in their postcolonial and decolonial diversity. I first explore the theoretical and political transformations that facilitated the encounter between postcolonialism and feminism. I go on to develop the concept of ‘subaltern feminisms’, proposing it as an analytical category that highlights the conflictual dimension within the global feminist agenda. I then argue that decolonial feminism assembles different Latin American subaltern feminisms by articulating and reinstating decolonization as a political project. Finally, I critically examines the concept of ‘coloniality of gender’ as a feminist contribution to the ‘decolonial turn’

Colonialism · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subaltern · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Sex work and related issues

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