Weaving threads between intersectionality, agency, and capabilities in sociological theory

The critique produced by feminist thought had relevant contributions to social studies by emphasizing how the gender category can assist in understanding the social world. More recently, the intersectional approach to feminism has demonstrated how gender, linked to other categories such as race, cla...

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Autores: Souza, Marcio Ferreira de, Mariano, Silvana Aparecida, Ferreira, Lina Penati
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40509
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/civitas/article/view/40509
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Subject
Autonomy
Feminism
Intersectionality
Sujeto
Autonomía
Feminismo
Interseccionalidad
Sujeito
Autonomia
Interseccionalidade
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Sumario:The critique produced by feminist thought had relevant contributions to social studies by emphasizing how the gender category can assist in understanding the social world. More recently, the intersectional approach to feminism has demonstrated how gender, linked to other categories such as race, class, sexuality, generation, and locality, can assist in more complex analyses of social phenomena. In this article our goal is to mobilize the intersectional approach to review the notions of agency and capabilities, aiming to offer an analytical sociological contribution on the constitution of autonomous subjects. To do so, we highlight contributions from the intersectional approach and then rework the notions of agency and capabilities, weaving combinations between the founders of these concepts with representatives of the intersectional approach.