An approach to the concept of ethnicity: Notes on some debates and potentialities of the intersection of ethnicity and gender categories

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  • María Victoria Martínez Espínola Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Keywords:

ethnicity, identities, state, gender

Abstract

This paper's main objective is to explore some debates and meanings around the concept of ethnicity. Specifically, on the one hand we intend to understand the distinction between national identity and ethnic identity. In this regard, we are interested in investigating the role played by the states in the construction of collective identities. On the other hand, we are interested in analyzing the intersection of the ethnicity and gender dimensions in order to approach a deeper theoretical understanding of some processes. We are going to analyze these processes in the framework of our current doctoral research, such as the process of feminization of current migrations in the Latin American context. The methodology used to achieve these objectives was reading and analysis of specific literature on some of the debates around the concept of ethnicity as well as the analysis of a Latin American gender perspective.

Some of the questions that have guided this reflection are: How to define the concept of ethnicity? What are the differences between national identities and ethnic identities? How are the states involved in the construction of collective identities? How to understand the ethnic issue in the context of migration? What analytical potential can the epistemological intersection between studies on ethnicity and gender offer to the understanding of some current sociocultural processes?

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Author Biography

María Victoria Martínez Espínola, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Licenciada en Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales.

Becaria doctoral en CONICET.

Miembro integrante del Proyecto de Investigación Plurianual 2010-2014: “Dimensiones de la identidad en dos exponentes mendocinos de la filosofía latinoamericanista actual: Enrique Dussel y Arturo Roig. Desde la filosofía de la liberación a la crítica de la globalización”, dirigido por la Dra. Estela Fernández Nadal

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Published

2015-12-29

How to Cite

Martínez Espínola, M. V. (2015). An approach to the concept of ethnicity: Notes on some debates and potentialities of the intersection of ethnicity and gender categories. Interstices of Politics and Culture. Latin American Interventions, 4(8), 65–82. Retrieved from https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/intersticios/article/view/7423

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 8 (2015): Re-pensar la categoría de sujeto político y las relaciones con la Filosofía Latinoamericana contemporánea

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