THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN BRAZIL AND LATIN AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION AND WOMEN

Authors

  • Amanda Motta Castro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG
  • Rita de Cassia Fraga Machado Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v16n1.p22-39

Keywords:

Feminism, Resistance, Gender, Patriarchate.

Abstract

We have no doubt the road of feminism is a difficult, slow and narrow one. However, we do not doubt either that women have changed the destiny mapped for them by the patriarchal society. For Ivone Gebara (2000), there is a utopian path towards the politicization of the private sphere and for women to go further. This paper introduces the reader to the history of Feminist Movement, and rediscovers the context of some women, among so many others, who contributed to the feminist achievements of Latin America and Brazil and who, due to the patriarchal society in which we live, are totally ignored, without being given the pride of place they deserve. This article is based on three important concepts in Feminist Studies, namely: resistance, gender and patriarchate.

Author Biographies

Amanda Motta Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

Professora Adjunta da FURG. Doutora em Educação pela UNISINOS com bolsa CAPES e período sanduíche realizado no departamento de Antropologia da UAM.  Com o olhar na América Latina, tem-se ocupado em pesquisar os processos de produção do conhecimento de mulheres artesãs buscando analisar a complexidade dessas aprendizagens articulando Educação Popular, Estudos Feministas, Formação, Trabalho e Educação de Jovens e Adultos.

Contato: motta.amanda@terra.com.br

Rita de Cassia Fraga Machado, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Professora Adjunta da área de Fundamentos das Ciências Humanas da mesma instituição. Educadora Popular

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Published

2016-04-25

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2016)

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