Contributions by black feminism and critical schools of feminism to the study of men and masculinities

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Andrea Neira Cruz

Abstract

I am offering the present reflection in the framework of a research proposal I am pursuing in the framework of research I am doing to opt for the degree of Magister in Gender Studies at the National University of Colombia, Bogotá campus. The purpose of the study is to understand, from an inter-sectional perspective – in other words understanding that gender, race, class and in this case age, are configured interdependently and are part of a system of historically created oppression – the production of subjectivities of youths in Comuna 13 in the city of Medellín belonging to the Hip-Hop culture. Specifically these are two collectives: the La Elite Hip Hop Network and the Son Batá Afro-Colombian Corporation. The study also seeks to show the resistances and knowledge they have built from their position of sublternativity and their experiences, and make a critical analysis of the permanencies and leaks in a model of hegemonic masculinity, evidenced in the discourses and practices of masculinity by men and women in this sector.

Author Biography

Andrea Neira Cruz, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

Trabajadora Social, candidata a Magister en Estudios de Género, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Coordinadora de Investigaciones y docente del Centro de Educación para el Desarrollo (CED)-Uniminuto.