Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century

This paper presents a state of the art about studies of “black / Afro-Colombian women” between 2007 and 2017, whose purpose is to analyze the scientific production on the main social problems that affect their life experiences. The methodology used was a bibliographic inquiry from which a sample was...

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Main Author: Jessica Nathalie Corpas Figueroa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2018-12-01
Series:Investigaciones Feministas
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/59154
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description This paper presents a state of the art about studies of “black / Afro-Colombian women” between 2007 and 2017, whose purpose is to analyze the scientific production on the main social problems that affect their life experiences. The methodology used was a bibliographic inquiry from which a sample was constructed, which was processed through thematic content analysis. The results show that those who carry out this type of studies are women researchers, it also characterizes the typologies of the publications, the theoretical and methodological approaches used in these investigations, as well as the emerging themes, from wish it is emphasized that the existence of Black / Afro-Colombian women is imbued with multiple oppressions: racist, sexist, by class and by armed conflict. From the conclusions, it is highlighted that the women object of study make a substantial contribution to the (re)signification of representations about black / Afro-Colombian women, they also produce knowledge prioritizing the territorial and situated perspective in their works, as well as the recurrent interest in granting visibility to womwn’s concrete social problems and political action strategies.
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spelling doaj.art-695d4b18654444a7bcd9de42d0809aa92022-12-21T18:25:03ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridInvestigaciones Feministas2171-60802018-12-019225527110.5209/INFE.5915456407Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st centuryJessica Nathalie Corpas Figueroa0Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.This paper presents a state of the art about studies of “black / Afro-Colombian women” between 2007 and 2017, whose purpose is to analyze the scientific production on the main social problems that affect their life experiences. The methodology used was a bibliographic inquiry from which a sample was constructed, which was processed through thematic content analysis. The results show that those who carry out this type of studies are women researchers, it also characterizes the typologies of the publications, the theoretical and methodological approaches used in these investigations, as well as the emerging themes, from wish it is emphasized that the existence of Black / Afro-Colombian women is imbued with multiple oppressions: racist, sexist, by class and by armed conflict. From the conclusions, it is highlighted that the women object of study make a substantial contribution to the (re)signification of representations about black / Afro-Colombian women, they also produce knowledge prioritizing the territorial and situated perspective in their works, as well as the recurrent interest in granting visibility to womwn’s concrete social problems and political action strategies.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/59154feminismos negros/afro y afrodiaspóricosexperienciaColombia
spellingShingle Jessica Nathalie Corpas Figueroa
Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
Investigaciones Feministas
feminismos negros/afro y afrodiaspóricos
experiencia
Colombia
title Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
title_full Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
title_fullStr Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
title_full_unstemmed Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
title_short Approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black / Afro-Colombian women, from a feminist reading in the 21st century
title_sort approaches to the state of the debate on studies of black afro colombian women from a feminist reading in the 21st century
topic feminismos negros/afro y afrodiaspóricos
experiencia
Colombia
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/59154
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