Marias Interpreters of Brazil: feminist openings to Brazilian social-historical thought in the legacies of Queiroz, Franco and Beatriz Nascimento

In light of feminist criticism of Science, the article reflects on the Interpretations of Brazil, understood as the constructing field of Brazilian socio-historical thought, based on the legacies of Marias Isaura Pereira de Queiroz, Sylvia de Carvalho Franco, and Beatriz Nascimento. By employing Flo...

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Autor: Galacini Bonadio, Mariana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Sociedade e Estado
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/45088
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/45088
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ciência social feminista
Interpretações do Brasil
Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz
Maria Sylvia de Carvalho Franco
Maria Beatriz Nascimento
feminist social science
Interpretations of Brazil
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Sumario:In light of feminist criticism of Science, the article reflects on the Interpretations of Brazil, understood as the constructing field of Brazilian socio-historical thought, based on the legacies of Marias Isaura Pereira de Queiroz, Sylvia de Carvalho Franco, and Beatriz Nascimento. By employing Florestan Fernandes as an argumentative index, I propose two feminist openings in the production of sociological knowledge: the sociobiographical opening of the Marias problematizes the establishment of authority and intellectual legitimacy within the Brazilian Social Sciences, which is shaped by androcentric and racist power dynamics within the academic space; the epistemological opening highlights some propositions put forth by the Marias that challenge the canon. In a common vein, these propositions destabilize the dualistic approach to national formation based on dichotomous oppositions between tradition/retardation and modernity, leading to other perspectives on social transformation.