Cultural regulations and violence. Recent debates in women’s and queer movements in Latin America

Abstract

This paper places the debates on social difference and cultural diversity within the context of the criticism levelled at the model of conflict administration by women’s and queer movements in Latin America. Taking the proposals to integrate gender studies within peace studies as a starting point, the paper examines some key arguments concerning the professionalization of the women’s movement and the move from policies of representation to anti-discriminatory and anti-repressive action. To this end, the author considers the critical value of difference as an answer to the democratic-liberal model that trivializes difference as mere authenticity and diversity, and includes references to the tradition of analysis of cultural regulations to fight against gendered/sexual types of cultural and social derogation.

Keywords

• feminismo
• queer
• regulaciones culturales
• conflicto
• filosofía para la paz
• américa latina