The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture

This study starts out considering the changes which have occurred in the field of sexualities as a consequence of the feminist movement of the past 50 years, mainly the collapse of frontiers between man-public and woman-private. From this point, it demonstrates how the displacements of the femini...

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Main Author: Márcia Arán
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2003-01-01
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9839
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spelling doaj-889a2012143844a3a8b50a4aba8adfe72020-11-25T00:54:34ZspaUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Estudos Feministas0104-026X1806-95842003-01-011128482The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary CultureMárcia Arán0Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThis study starts out considering the changes which have occurred in the field of sexualities as a consequence of the feminist movement of the past 50 years, mainly the collapse of frontiers between man-public and woman-private. From this point, it demonstrates how the displacements of the feminine, in the midst of the crisis of the masculine, constitute a new topos to think the difference between the sexes in contemporary culture. The study proceeds with the idea, based on some of the main theories about the issue of difference nowadays, that we are not in a territory which is totally anchored by ‘masculine domination’, neither in one characterized by total ‘indifference’. A new possibility of differentiation arises, and with it, a new sketch of the feminine.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9839femininodiferença sexualsexualidadecultura
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The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
Revista Estudos Feministas
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diferença sexual
sexualidade
cultura
author_facet Márcia Arán
author_sort Márcia Arán
title The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
title_short The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
title_full The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
title_fullStr The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
title_full_unstemmed The Fate of Sexual Difference in Contemporary Culture
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publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Revista Estudos Feministas
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1806-9584
publishDate 2003-01-01
description This study starts out considering the changes which have occurred in the field of sexualities as a consequence of the feminist movement of the past 50 years, mainly the collapse of frontiers between man-public and woman-private. From this point, it demonstrates how the displacements of the feminine, in the midst of the crisis of the masculine, constitute a new topos to think the difference between the sexes in contemporary culture. The study proceeds with the idea, based on some of the main theories about the issue of difference nowadays, that we are not in a territory which is totally anchored by ‘masculine domination’, neither in one characterized by total ‘indifference’. A new possibility of differentiation arises, and with it, a new sketch of the feminine.
topic feminino
diferença sexual
sexualidade
cultura
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