Escapando a los estereotipos (sexuales) racializados: el caso de las personas afrodescendientes de clase media en Bogotá
This article seeks to identify the different stereotypes and mechanisms of the process of racialization, sexualized racism and racialized sexism. At the same time, through the analysis of interviews of Afro-Colombian middle-class men and women in Bogota, I analyze the relation between "being a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Revista de Estudios Sociales |
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| Online Access: | http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/912/index.php?id=912 |
| Summary: | This article seeks to identify the different stereotypes and mechanisms of the process of racialization, sexualized racism and racialized sexism. At the same time, through the analysis of interviews of Afro-Colombian middle-class men and women in Bogota, I analyze the relation between "being a black woman" and "being perceived as a 'black woman'" and "being a black man" and "being perceived as a 'black man'" through challenging racial, gendered and classed boundaries, considering their intersections and showing 'black' persons primarily as agents, and not only as victims, that can contribute to both the transformation and the reproduction of racialization processes. |
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| ISSN: | 0123-885X 1900-5180 |