Abstract
In this essay we reflect critically about the relationship between memory and gender, from a perspective grounded in critical social psychology, feminist theories and memory studies. We review and critique the uses of the notion of memory in feminist approaches and of gender in memory studies. A critical analysis of gender and memory should focus on their joint and mutual constitution, emphasizing the gendered ways in which we remember. We consider it important to problematize uses of Women's Memory in essentialist and normalizing terms. The construction of gendered memories operates in a historically dynamic and complex analytical field, so that they may or may not be destabilizing depending on their uses, the intended use, and the historical moment in which they are invoked.
Highlights
En el presente ensayo reflexionamos críticamente en torno a la relación entre memoria y género, situándonos desde una psicología social crítica, las teorías feministas y los estudios de la memoria
In this essay we reflect critically about the relationship between memory and gender, from a perspective grounded in critical social psychology, feminist theories and memory studies
We review and critique the uses of the notion of memory in feminist approaches and of gender in memory studies
Summary
En el presente ensayo reflexionamos críticamente en torno a la relación entre memoria y género, situándonos desde una psicología social crítica, las teorías feministas y los estudios de la memoria. Realizamos una revisión y una crítica a los usos de la noción de memoria en planteamientos feministas y de la incorporación del género en los estudios de la memoria. Un análisis crítico entre género y memoria debe centrarse en su articulación y mutua constitución, enfatizando los modos generizados en los cuales hacemos memoria. La construcción de memorias generizadas opera en un campo de análisis históricamente dinámico y complejo, de modo que éstas pueden ser o no ser desestabilizadoras y críticas dependiendo del uso que se les dé, de la intención de su uso y del momento histórico en el cual son invocadas
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