Racism and sexism in Brazil: what does Lélia Gonzalez's feminism teach us?

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https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202431371

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on Lélia Gonzalez's contribution to the construction of a political project in Brazil in which racial and gender violence, with its various intersectionality’s, is no longer a reality in the country. To this end, I investigate the fundamental relationship between racism, sexism and the myth of a racial democracy. To do so, I review the denunciation made by Lélia about the classics of the Brazilian social thought, and her appropriation of psychoanalytic and Afro-diasporic theories to face the problem.

Keywords: Lélia Gonzalez. Violence. Sexism. Gender. Racial democracy.

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Elivanda Oliveira Silva, UFC

Doutora em Filosofia pela UFMG. É membra da Rede de Mulheres Filósofas da América Latina. É colaboradora do Núcleo de Pesquisa Hannah Arendt (UFPI). É editora dos Cadernos Arendt. Foi professora de Filosofia do Departamento de Filosofia (2019-2021) e do Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação (2016-2017) da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). 

Published

2024-12-05

How to Cite

Oliveira Silva, E. (2024). Racism and sexism in Brazil: what does Lélia Gonzalez’s feminism teach us?. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 36. https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202431371

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Rethinking violence in Philosophy: Gender, Politics, and Resignification