Destabilizing the National Hegemonic Narrative
The Decolonized Thought of Brazil’s Domestic Workers’ Unions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joaze Bernardino-Costa (0000-0002-9937-893X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 33-45 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0094582x11408558 |
| OpenAlex | W2142675354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
Theories of decolonization (principally those of Dussel, Quijano, and Mignolo), hold that knowledge is produced not from a neutral and universal position but from the different positions of actors within a hierarchical structure of power. Analysis of the thought of Brazil's unionized domestic workers as a subaltern voice reveals that these workers' political activism produces a form of knowledge that articulates class, race, and gender and allows us to problematize the national hegemonic narrative, destabilizing the hegemonic cultural meanings structured by the myths of racial democracy and the good master
Decolonization · Democracy · Hegemony · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Subaltern · Theology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Politics and Society in Latin America · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |