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- Lalander, Rickard
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Política identitaria e interseccionalidad en la Venezuela Bolivariana : Reflexiones sobre el protagonismo de las mujeres de los sectores populares (2006-2013)
- 2018
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In: Ontosemiótica. - Trujillo, Venezuela : Universidad de Los Andes. - 2477-9482. ; 7:3, s. 35-59
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article problematizes the empowerment of Venezuelan women of the popular sectors, who previously were marginalized in terms of gender, ethnicity and class. More specifically, the study focuses on the protagonist role of women in the Community Councils during 2006-2013. An additional interrelated aim of the study is to question the myth of Venezuela as the least racist country of Latin America. Theoretically, the study connects to an old debate of Leftist academia, namely on how to deal with the identitarian elements of class, ethnicity and gender in a broader socio-political setting. This viewpoint is contrasted with the theoretical-methodological framing of intersectionality, which considers the relationships between different identitarian elements at individual and collective level. The article shows that gender, class and ethnicity are intimately and complexly intertwined among the protagonists, and that these identity bases cross each other in local political situations. A further argument is that, generally, class-based identity appears to be superior to those of gender and ethnicity in socio-political settings. Methodologically, the study is based on critical reading of previous literature and, above all, ethnographic fieldwork in Venezuela between 1996 and 2013, including participatory observation and hundreds of interviews with actors involved in these political and socio-cultural processes.
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