Abstract
In the Brazilian tradition, studies on gender and women are included within Social Psychology for historical, political, and conceptual reasons. If the areas had parallel institutional and theoretical trajectories, since the 1970s, it is possible to identify an alliance between Brazilian Gender Studies and Critical Social Psychology. This chapter explores this history of the emergence and development of Gender Studies in the Brazilian academic context. First, Brazilian Psychology is contextualized within the unique political history and women’s movement in the country. This background sets the tone for the following analysis of the relationship between feminism and Psychology as well as Gender Studies and Social Psychology. This chapter concludes that, in contrast with other countries, in Brazil there is not a Feminist Psychology as a specialization or subfield of Psychology. Rather, in the country, Feminist Theories and Gender Studies have an intense dialogue and fundamental influence on Critical Social Psychology.
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