Cuerpo-Territorio, Reggaeton and Religion:
Feminist Approaches in Latin America

In Latin America, women have been fighting against patriarchal structures of dependency and for social justice for centuries. Based on this practice, numerous thinkers have developed and implemented fundamental theoretical concepts, such as the inclusion of feminicide (the murder of women) in criminal law.

This lecture will provide an introductory overview of feminist perspectives in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The culturally very heterogeneous societies are also reflected in the feminism there: Indigenous realities and ways of thinking are relevant to feminist movements, as are anti-racist and Afro-descendant feminists, decolonial approaches, the music genre of reggaeton, and women who distance themselves from the term feminism. The category of religion also plays a central role in feminist liberation and queer theologies.

The talk is part of a double lecture together with Abosede Ipadeola’s presentation on Feminist Cartographies in and Beyond Africa: Redrawing the Maps of Women’s Freedom and Agency in the lecture series “Transatlantic Resonances: Philosophical Entanglements between Africa and the Americas”.

A livestream of both lectures will be provided via our YouTube channel. You can access the livestream below or via this link.