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- Title
Das Problem der Kolonialität des Geschlechts.
- Authors
Mendoza, Breny
- Abstract
In this article, Breny Mendoza examines and critically discusses María Lugones' concept of the "coloniality of gender." Lugones' influential thesis asserts that the binarity of gender was introduced in the colonies as part of colonial rule and displaced previously predominant egalitarian systems of gender relations. As Mendoza outlines, this thesis has been challenged in recent years by Latin American and indigenous feminisms (such as the Argentinean anthropologist Rita Segato, and indigenous feminists from countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala, and Mexico). In light of these new perspectives, Mendoza expounds and acknowledges Lugones' ideas, while also pointing out their pitfalls and limitations, since such an approach can lead to a romanticisation of pre-colonial orders, presenting them as the "absolute other" of colonial violence. In contrast, drawing on the analysis by Bolivian Aymara feminist Julieta Paredes, Mendoza argues that the imposition of gender can only be understood as an "entanglement of patriarchies." Finally, Mendoza applies these discussions to issues surrounding sexualised violence, i.e., feminicide, in Latin America proving them to provide a fruitful framework for understanding and addressing these current forms of violence.
- Subjects
MENDOZA (Argentina); GUATEMALA; BOLIVIA; COLONIAL administration; FEMICIDE; FEMINISM; PATRIARCHY; GENDER
- Publication
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 2024, Vol 72, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
0012-1045
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/dzph-2024-0005